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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which "first" is Theodore Sedgwick credited with?
(a) The first to fly a plane in combat.
(b) The first to climb Mt. Everest.
(c) The first to sign The Declaration of Independence.
(d) The first to battle for a black woman's freedom in court.

2. How old was Babbo when he died?
(a) One hundred years old.
(b) Seventy-five years old.
(c) Eighty-one years old.
(d) Ninety-five years old.

3. In the 1950s, what became increasingly prevalent near the Sedgwick property?
(a) Commercial buildings.
(b) Wolves.
(c) Hi-rise apartments.
(d) Oil wells.

4. In what year did Henry Dwight Sedgwick marry Sarah May Minturn?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1887.
(d) 1874.

5. How did Minty die?
(a) He fell off a balcony.
(b) He drowned.
(c) He committed suicide.
(d) He died of cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of attitude does Saucie say Edie had developed by the time she was a young woman?

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

3. What was Henry Dwight Sedgwick's nickname?

4. In the 1930s, where was the Sedgwicks Long Island home located?

5. How did Francis attempt to have Saucie thrown out of Radcliffe?

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