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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not one of the hardships associated with surveying?
(a) Bugs
(b) Lack of food
(c) Quick payment
(d) Wild animals

2. On whom does Martha rely heavily during this period?
(a) Rebecca
(b) Dolly
(c) Ephraim
(d) God

3. At what job is Ephraim working when he is arrested?
(a) Tax collector
(b) Editor
(c) Miller
(d) Surveyor

4. Where is Ephraim jailed?
(a) Shawshank prison
(b) The Kennebunk jail
(c) The Hallowell jail
(d) The Augusta prison

5. Where does Ephraim spend his 80th birthday?
(a) Home
(b) Jail
(c) The tavern
(d) Jonathan's house

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the result of a disagreement between France and England?

2. Where do Martha and Ephraim build a house?

3. Martha's midwife practice increases due to the death of which midwife?

4. Who is the mother of John Davis Jr.?

5. Who was Clara Barton?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the challenges Ephraim faced in his surveying work?

2. Who is the first of Martha's relatives to realize the significance of her diary pages?

3. What was Martha's only real problem during Ephraim's incarceration?

4. Describe the terms of Ephraim's incarceration.

5. What complicated the community's recovery period after the Purrinton murders?

6. What shocking crime did Captain Purrinton commit?

7. Martha's garden was always important to her but why was it especially critical during 1809?

8. What medical treatments were popular during this time period?

9. Explain the state of Martha's health in 1796?

10. How did Ephraim get embroiled in events that would lead to the Malta War of 1809?

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