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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While speaking about her family's life in California, what term does Saucie use to describe her parents?
(a) Traditionalists.
(b) Beatniks.
(c) Renaissance people.
(d) European wannabes.

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

3. In which European city did Edie and Francis have a fight in a hotel room?
(a) Bordeaux.
(b) Madrid.
(c) London.
(d) Vienna.

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

5. Which of the following was one of Francis Minturn Sedgewick's nicknames?
(a) Fuzzy.
(b) Frannie.
(c) Finty.
(d) Frankie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event prompted Francis Minturn Sedgwick to have a nervous breakdown?

2. What was the occupation of Edie's ancestor, Theodore Sedgewick?

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

4. How did Saucie feel about Edie?

5. In the 1930s, the Sedgwicks divided their time between Long Island and which place?

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