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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 1930s, the Sedgwicks divided their time between Long Island and which place?
(a) Las Vegas.
(b) Miami.
(c) Santa Barbara.
(d) Manhattan.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first of Edie's relatives, the Sedgwicks, on record?

2. In the book, Edie: An American Biography who helps to tell the story of the Sedgwick ancestors?

3. How did Alice "Saucie" Sedgwick get her nickname?

4. Where did Theodore Sedgwick live?

5. The Sedgwick children believed that their father, Francis, carried shame for not entering which occupation?

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