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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first name of Francis Sedgwick's daughter who was nicknamed "Saucie"?
(a) Betty.
(b) Melanie.
(c) Sandra.
(d) Alice.

2. In what year did Francis Sedgwick marry?
(a) 1926.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1923.

3. In the Sedgwick family home, what was a "round up"?
(a) A picnic.
(b) A night of board games.
(c) A hunting trip.
(d) A horse race.

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

5. How is Babbo's outlook on life described by his family members?
(a) As traditional.
(b) As modern.
(c) As optimistic.
(d) As pessimistic.

6. How many children did Francis Sedgwick have with his wife?
(a) Nine.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Ten.
(d) Eight.

7. What state was St. Timothy's school in?
(a) New Hampshire.
(b) Maryland.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) New York.

8. What was Francis Minturn Junior's nickname?
(a) Junebug.
(b) Franny.
(c) Fran.
(d) Minty.

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

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

11. What university did Francis Minturn Sedgewick attend?
(a) Yale.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Dartmouth.
(d) Harvard.

12. What were the group of gays Edie fell in with at Harvard referred to as?
(a) Harvard Homosexuals.
(b) Gay Guys.
(c) Nitroglycerin Queens.
(d) Dancing Queens.

13. What did the Groton school decide to do which made Francis go berserk?
(a) Admit black students.
(b) Have shorter school years.
(c) Tear down a wing which Francis had funded.
(d) Raise the tuition prices.

14. What did Edie start to get in trouble for doing while at St. Timothy's school?
(a) Promiscuous behavior.
(b) Smoking.
(c) Wearing the wrong clothing.
(d) Drinking.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what position did the first Sedgewick on record serve in the Massachusetts Bay colony?

2. What was Henry Dwight Sedgwick's nickname?

3. Who did Francis Minturn Sedgwick marry?

4. How many acres was the new property that the Sedgwicks bought in the 1950s?

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

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