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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 was the likely reason for Francis Sedgwick's rejection to join the military?
(a) Bronchial asthma.
(b) Psychological imbalance.
(c) Clubfoot.
(d) Poor eyesight.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Henry Dwight Sedgwick's nickname?

2. What artistic vocation did Francis Sedgwick devote himself to?

3. How many acres was the new property that the Sedgwicks bought in the 1950s?

4. In what year was Francis Minturn Sedgewick born?

5. Why are Sedgwicks buried in the particular formation they are around Theodore Sedgwick?

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