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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the book, Edie: An American Biography who helps to tell the story of the Sedgwick ancestors?
(a) The media.
(b) College professors.
(c) Sedgwick family members.
(d) 1960s historians.

2. Who encouraged Francis Sedgwick to develop his artistic side?
(a) His parents.
(b) His co-workers.
(c) His Harvard professors.
(d) His wife.

3. What event prompted Francis Minturn Sedgwick to have a nervous breakdown?
(a) An apparent ghost sighting.
(b) The stock market crash.
(c) The death of his mother.
(d) A violent storm.

4. Which of the following is not one of Francis Sedgwick's daughters?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Katharine.
(c) Pamela.
(d) Susanna.

5. How did Alice "Saucie" Sedgwick get her nickname?
(a) She put large quantities of ketchup on her food.
(b) Spaghetti was her favorite food.
(c) She was said to look like a sausage at birth.
(d) She always behaved seductively around men.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what position did the first Sedgewick on record serve in the Massachusetts Bay colony?

2. What is the location where Theodore Sedgwick is buried referred to as?

3. What was Henry Dwight Sedgwick's nickname?

4. What adorns Theodore Sedgwick's grave?

5. In Chapter 9, what secret do the Sedgwick children recall discovering about their father?

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