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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many acres was the new property that the Sedgwicks bought in the 1950s?
(a) 500 acres.
(b) 25 acres.
(c) 6000 acres.
(d) 100 acres.

2. In the 1930s, where was the Sedgwicks Long Island home located?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Suffolk.
(c) Cold Spring Harbor.
(d) Queens.

3. While staying at Bloomingdale hospital, what did Edie do while out on a visitor's pass?
(a) She stole a car.
(b) She tried to run away.
(c) She got married.
(d) She got an abortion.

4. Which of Edie's brother developed problems with alcohol and drugs?
(a) George.
(b) Harold.
(c) Bert.
(d) Minty.

5. Who was the first of Edie's relatives, the Sedgwicks, on record?
(a) Martin Sedgwick.
(b) Luther Sedgwick.
(c) Robert Sedgwick.
(d) Francis Sedgwick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What boarding school did Edie go to at the age of thirteen?

2. In what branch of the military did Francis' brother, Minturn, serve during World War Two?

3. Which event is Theodore Sedgewick said to have been intimately involved with?

4. What did Edie intend to study in Cambridge when she moved there in 1963?

5. What did Edie avoid even though she enjoyed hanging around intellectuals?

(see the answer key)

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