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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 9, what secret do the Sedgwick children recall discovering about their father?
(a) His infidelities.
(b) His real age.
(c) That he wore a wig.
(d) The fortune he lost.

2. In the book, Edie: An American Biography who helps to tell the story of the Sedgwick ancestors?
(a) College professors.
(b) The media.
(c) 1960s historians.
(d) Sedgwick family members.

3. In what year was Edie Sedgwick born?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1940.

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

5. What adorns Theodore Sedgwick's grave?
(a) A bird bath.
(b) A cross.
(c) An alpha and an omega symbol.
(d) An obelisk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Henry Dwight Sedgwick's nickname?

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

3. Which of Edie's brother developed problems with alcohol and drugs?

4. What did Edie have nightmares about while she was at boarding school?

5. How is Babbo's outlook on life described by his family members?

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