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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Ephraim and Jonathan build for Martha?
(a) Trundle bed
(b) Loom
(c) Sewing room
(d) New cupboard

2. How are 18th century weddings described?
(a) Over the top
(b) Extremely reserved
(c) Conservative
(d) Big events

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

4. What was the birth to death ratio in Martha's town between the years of 1785 and 1790?
(a) 3:1
(b) 4:1
(c) 10:1
(d) 1:1

5. What does young Ephraim do after the family's move?
(a) He falls in love
(b) He plants a garden
(c) He works for neighbors
(d) He buys a horse

Short Answer Questions

1. When could a man be charged with fornication?

2. Delivering babies was left primarily to whom?

3. Who is Dr. Page?

4. What was Ephraim's profession?

5. Physicians often doubled as what profession?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the community's position on premarital sex and how Martha's own family was embroiled in a situation regarding premarital sex.

2. What was the nature of the relationship between midwives and physicians during Martha's lifetime?

3. What did Martha charge for delivering a baby?

4. Who was Dr. Page and what is his relationship with Martha?

5. What is so amazing about Martha's diary and why do some people speculate that she began writing it?

6. What was the pattern of new births in the year 1793?

7. During what years did Martha keep her diary?

8. Although premarital sex was acknowledged as a common practice, it was also illegal. Explain the repercussions for both people involved.

9. Which of Martha's relatives were married by 1792?

10. How was Reverend Foster's wife, Rebecca, received in Hallowell?

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