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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Dr. Page?

2. Why does Dr. Page become a problem for Martha?

3. Martha's diary was once included in a book about the history of which city?

4. How many times in 27 years of midwife practice did Martha ever call a doctor?

5. Martha's training was _________________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how courtship and marriage during Martha's life were very different from popular perception of the time period.

2. What did Martha charge for delivering a baby?

3. During what years did Martha keep her diary?

4. Where did Martha Ballard grow up and when did she marry her husband/

5. How does Martha's diary show the male-dominated society in which she lived?

6. What was the role of a midwife in society and Martha's role in particular?

7. What was the religious structure in Hallowell and who was the minister in the town?

8. How much detail did Martha include in her diary about each birth?

9. What was the opinion of Reverend Foster by the Calvinists in the town and whose was the principal voice among them?

10. Explain the community's position on premarital sex and how Martha's own family was embroiled in a situation regarding premarital sex.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the process of making cloth in Martha's business. Begin with growing and harvesting the flax all the way to taking the cloth to market.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the role of the midwife in 18th century colonial America. What made Martha so successful in this role?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Martha Ballard's life story beginning with her birth in Massachusetts in 1735. Who was her husband? How many children did she have? What were her primary professions?

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