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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through November 1792.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was a normal occurrence during courtship?
(a) going to church
(b) pre-marital sex
(c) going dancing
(d) having picnics

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

3. Why was Martha able to keep her daughters at home for the majority of their young adult lives?
(a) She demanded that they stay
(b) She asked them to stay
(c) She had enough money from her two businesses
(d) She would not let them marry

4. What is the term used when the groom retrieves his bride from her parents' home?
(a) Homemaking
(b) Housekeeping
(c) Kidnapping
(d) Honeymoon

5. Who is Ephraim Ballard?
(a) Martha's first son
(b) Martha's brother-in-law
(c) Martha's husband
(d) Martha's father-in-law

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Dolly Ballard apprentice as a dressmaker?

2. What happens to Jonathan Ballard during his employment with Peter Jones at the mill?

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

4. Physicians often doubled as what profession?

5. What was Martha Ballard's maiden name?

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