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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what position must Sedgwicks be buried around Theodore Sedgwick?
(a) With their feet facing him.
(b) With their heads at his feet.
(c) Side by side.
(d) With their heads closest to his head.

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

3. Where did Theodore Sedgwick live?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Boston.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) New York.

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

5. In what year was Francis Minturn Sedgewick born?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1904.
(c) 1916.
(d) 1910.

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

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

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

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

10. Who was Gabrielle Ladd?
(a) Alice's sister.
(b) Edie's friend.
(c) Edie's tutor.
(d) The woman Babbo married.

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

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

13. What happened on Long Island that made Saucie break ties with her father?
(a) He made a pass at her.
(b) He embarassed her at a party.
(c) He told her she was a disappointment.
(d) He hit her.

14. Which of the following seemed to plague Francis Minturn?
(a) Chronic fatigue.
(b) Phobias.
(c) Voices.
(d) Bad luck.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of Edie: An American Biography?

2. Who is Lily Saarinen?

3. How many children did Francis Sedgwick have with his wife?

4. How did Alice "Saucie" Sedgwick get her nickname?

5. What were the group of gays Edie fell in with at Harvard referred to as?

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