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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through August 1787.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Martha Ballard's maiden name?
(a) Miller
(b) McKenna
(c) Moore
(d) Murphy

2. What was Ephraim's profession?
(a) Surveyor and judge
(b) Surveyor and miller
(c) Lawyer and judge
(d) Lawyer and miller

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

4. How many children does Martha deliver in her lifetime?
(a) 816
(b) 192
(c) 50
(d) 503

5. In what year does Martha start her diary?
(a) 1790
(b) 1776
(c) 1812
(d) 1785

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Martha use as purgatives?

2. Which of the following was not one of Martha's professions?

3. What happens to Ephraim's mill in 1787?

4. What is the function of a midwife?

5. How many children did Martha have?

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