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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. Who headed up the band of white Indians?
(a) Elijah Barton
(b) Dr. Page
(c) Jonathan Ballard
(d) Mr. Densmore
2. How does the year 1809 begin for Martha?
(a) She buries her husband
(b) She delivered a baby
(c) She is injured from a fall
(d) She has resigned
3. What phrase does Martha use to indicate that her house was fighting with her?
(a) Chomping at the bit
(b) Up in arms
(c) At the end of its tether
(d) No rest for the weary
4. What profession did some of the ousted female healers choose?
(a) dressmaking
(b) nursing
(c) pharmacology
(d) teaching
5. What is the result of the answer to #159?
(a) Birth of a new political party
(b) Merchant bankruptcies
(c) A new election
(d) Labor strikes
Short Answer Questions
1. Why is Ephraim arrested?
2. What is one reason that Martha's diary is so special?
3. What is Martha's main concern at this time?
4. On whom does Martha rely heavily during this period?
5. What is the other reason that makes Martha's diary to special?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Charles Elventon Nash incorporate Martha's diary into his history of Augusta?
2. How did Martha's complete diary find its way to being published in its entirety?
3. Explain the state of Martha's health in 1796?
4. How did Ephraim get embroiled in events that would lead to the Malta War of 1809?
5. Explain how the emergence of physicians changed the practices of most midwives.
6. What was the common practice regarding midwives attending at autopsies?
7. What was the impact of the Jefferson Embargo?
8. Explain the antagonistic relationship between Martha and Dr. Cony.
9. Martha's garden was always important to her but why was it especially critical during 1809?
10. Who were Captain Purrinton and his family?
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