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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What preparatory boarding school did Francis Minturn Sedgewick attend?
(a) Windermere Academy.
(b) Cheshire Academy.
(c) The Groton School.
(d) The Forman School.

2. What is Babbo Sedgwick said to have liked to read?
(a) The newspaper.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Classic literature.

3. How is Babbo's outlook on life described by his family members?
(a) As modern.
(b) As optimistic.
(c) As pessimistic.
(d) As traditional.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What adorns Theodore Sedgwick's grave?

2. Which of the following was a sign that life had changed for the Sedgwicks when they moved to their third home in California?

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

4. Which of the following is not one of Francis Sedgwick's daughters?

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

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