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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Francis Sedgwick marry?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1926.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1923.

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

3. What is the location where Theodore Sedgwick is buried referred to as?
(a) The Sedgwick resting place.
(b) A Sedgwick pie.
(c) The Sedgwick circle.
(d) The Sedgwick plot.

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

5. In what position did the first Sedgewick on record serve in the Massachusetts Bay colony?
(a) Lieutenant.
(b) Mayor.
(c) Major General.
(d) Governor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the occupation of Edie's ancestor, Theodore Sedgewick?

2. Where did Theodore Sedgwick live?

3. What event prompted Francis Minturn Sedgwick to have a nervous breakdown?

4. Who is the author of Edie: An American Biography?

5. What preparatory boarding school did Francis Minturn Sedgewick attend?

(see the answer key)

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