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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Martha began to keep a diary because ___________________________.
(a) She wanted to keep a medical log
(b) She had a hard time remembering appointments
(c) She wanted to pass her story to her children
(d) No one really knows

2. Martha's diary was once included in a book about the history of which city?
(a) Augusta, Maine
(b) Augusta, Georgia
(c) Portland, Maine
(d) Albany, New York

3. Whose illegitimate child does Martha deliver in October of 1791?
(a) Rebecca Densmore
(b) Ellen Franklin
(c) Rebecca Foster
(d) Sally Pierce

4. A physician's training was ___________________________.
(a) experimental and manual
(b) traditional and experimental
(c) experimental and literary
(d) traditional and manual

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

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

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

8. Which prominent man in Hallowell did not like Isaac Foster?
(a) Thomas Sewall
(b) Henry Sewall
(c) James Franklin
(d) John Smith

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

10. What major problem does Martha have with living in the new house?
(a) Walking
(b) Gardening
(c) Cleaning
(d) Space

11. Martha's medicines contained no more than _________ ingredients.
(a) ten
(b) five
(c) four
(d) three

12. How many young women did Martha employ in her home between the years of 1785-1800?
(a) 27
(b) 30
(c) 39
(d) 29

13. What played an important role in selecting a marriage partner?
(a) education
(b) geography
(c) health
(d) wealth

14. 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

15. How did Ephraim and Jonathan assist in Martha's weaving business?
(a) Sales
(b) Accounting
(c) Sheared sheep and broke flax
(d) Weaving

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Isaac Foster's wife's name?

2. Where do Martha and Ephraim move their family?

3. How are 18th century weddings described?

4. Martha used her diary to _________________.

5. How many people died during the epidemic in 1787?

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