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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through January 1796.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what town are the Ballards living in 1787?
(a) Boston
(b) Albany
(c) Hallowell
(d) Halperin

2. Physicians often doubled as what profession?
(a) Judge
(b) Lawyer
(c) Newspaper Editor
(d) Justice of the Peace

3. What does Martha experience for the first time during this period?
(a) The first time she delivers a child
(b) The Baptism of her last child
(c) The death of a mother and child
(d) The birth of her first child

4. How long had the Ballards been living at John Jones Mill?
(a) 5 years
(b) 10 years
(c) 3 years
(d) 7 years

5. Many New England tows were religiously divided between the strict ______________ and the liberals.
(a) Methodists
(b) Catholics
(c) Calvinists
(d) Baptists

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Martha's physical state?

2. How many preachers was each town allowed?

3. What did Dr. Page not understand?

4. How many babies did Martha deliver in 1793?

5. What is the perception of midwives among those in authority?

(see the answer key)

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