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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through September 1788.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Martha deep much of her accounting?
(a) Her desk drawer
(b) Her bedside table
(c) Her kitchen cupboard
(d) Her diary

2. What business did men handle during Martha's lifetime?
(a) Education work
(b) Religious work
(c) Legal work
(d) Public business

3. Many historians consider Martha's diary to be _____________.
(a) mundane
(b) untrue
(c) riveting
(d) slightly interesting

4. What did Martha use as purgatives?
(a) Marshmallow root
(b) Henna
(c) Senna
(d) Licorice

5. What happens to Ephraim's mill in 1787?
(a) He builds a front porch
(b) He tears it down
(c) It burns down
(d) He adds on to the structure

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Martha Ballard's maiden name?

2. Which of the following is not a way in which Martha would discuss a man in her diary?

3. How many young women did Martha employ in her home between the years of 1785-1800?

4. Physicians often doubled as what profession?

5. Society during Martha's time was described as a ___________________.

(see the answer key)

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