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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What state was St. Timothy's school in?
(a) New York.
(b) Maryland.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) New Hampshire.

2. When did the Sedgwicks permanently move to California?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1940.

3. In what year was Francis Minturn Sedgewick born?
(a) 1916.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1904.
(d) 1900.

4. Where did Theodore Sedgwick live?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Boston.
(c) New York.
(d) Chicago.

5. What was Edie Sedgwick's full first name?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Evelyn.
(c) Edith.
(d) Edwina.

6. What adorns Theodore Sedgwick's grave?
(a) A cross.
(b) A bird bath.
(c) An alpha and an omega symbol.
(d) An obelisk.

7. What distinguished position did Theodore Sedgwick eventually reach in his career?
(a) Bank President.
(b) Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court.
(c) General of the Army.
(d) Principal.

8. Who is the author of Edie: An American Biography?
(a) Katharine Branson.
(b) Michael Post.
(c) Edie Sedgwick.
(d) Jean Stein.

9. How old was Babbo when he died?
(a) Ninety-five years old.
(b) Seventy-five years old.
(c) Eighty-one years old.
(d) One hundred years old.

10. Which of the following was one of Francis Minturn Sedgewick's nicknames?
(a) Frankie.
(b) Finty.
(c) Fuzzy.
(d) Frannie.

11. How many children did Francis Sedgwick have with his wife?
(a) Eight.
(b) Nine.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Ten.

12. Which of Edie's brother developed problems with alcohol and drugs?
(a) George.
(b) Bert.
(c) Harold.
(d) Minty.

13. What were many of the artworks Francis created inspired by?
(a) WWII.
(b) Money.
(c) His family.
(d) Women he had affairs with.

14. Which of the following was a sign that life had changed for the Sedgwicks when they moved to their third home in California?
(a) The butler served the family at the table.
(b) Edie was given hand-me-downs to wear.
(c) Edie's parents were around less.
(d) There were more horses to ride.

15. What example does Saucie use to illustrate her feeling that Edie got everything she wanted?
(a) Edie being allowed to drive her father's Mercedes.
(b) Edie being given a pony.
(c) Edie having access to her father's bank account.
(d) Edie being able to decide what school she attended.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Silver Hill?

2. What was the name of the property the Sedgwicks bought during the Second World War?

3. What did Edie avoid even though she enjoyed hanging around intellectuals?

4. Which of the following seemed to plague Francis Minturn?

5. What did Edie intend to study in Cambridge when she moved there in 1963?

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