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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is ambushing survey crews?
(a) Native American warriors
(b) Settlers dressed as Indians
(c) French soldiers
(d) U.S. army deserters

2. Why did the author publish Martha's diary?
(a) She had a legal contractual agreement to do so
(b) So people could understand life for women in this time period
(c) She had a master's thesis to complete
(d) She has a collection of diaries

3. Which of the following did Martha not grow in her garden?
(a) Herbs
(b) Tobacco
(c) Vegetables
(d) Fruits

4. Martha's midwife practice increases due to the death of which midwife?
(a) Ava Densmore
(b) Ellen Franklin
(c) Ann Mosier
(d) Rebecca Foster

5. How long does it take the answer to #146 to clear the land and build a house for his family?
(a) 2 months
(b) 1 year
(c) 2 years
(d) 6 months

6. What is Ephraim's attitude about his surveying work?
(a) He hates it
(b) He is semi-retired
(c) He has retired
(d) He is not ready to slow down

7. Who abridged Martha's diary for a history of Augusta?
(a) Charles Kuralt
(b) Charles Lindbergh
(c) Charles Osgood
(d) Charles Elventon Nash

8. How does the year 1809 begin for Martha?
(a) She has resigned
(b) She is injured from a fall
(c) She delivered a baby
(d) She buries her husband

9. What did away with the community female healers?
(a) Fewer women in the profession
(b) Fewer patients
(c) More hospitals
(d) Professionalism and male dominance

10. Who is Paul Chadwick?
(a) The newspaper editor
(b) A surveyor who volunteers to survey 100 acres of Malta
(c) Martha and Ephraim's son-in-law
(d) The new Hallowell minister

11. What is Martha's physical state?
(a) Tired and in constant pain
(b) Sprightly
(c) Terminally ill
(d) Crippled

12. How were the pages of Martha's diary stored?
(a) On microfilm
(b) On a CD
(c) In a mahogany box
(d) In a safe deposit box

13. When did midwives stop attending autopsies?
(a) When they became more institutionalized
(b) When the midwife vomited
(c) When the midwife fainted
(d) When the midwife shrieked

14. How many of the children of the answer to #148 escaped?
(a) 2
(b) 6
(c) 3
(d) 1

15. How many of his children did the answer to #148 kill?
(a) 6
(b) 3
(c) 1
(d) 2

Short Answer Questions

1. Who stays with Martha and Ephraim each night?

2. Which of the following is not a reason that someone stays with Martha and Ephraim each night?

3. What is the name of the man who came for the two remaining children?

4. Who was Clara Barton?

5. At what age does John Davis Jr. die?

(see the answer keys)

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