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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year did Edie begin attending St. Timothy's school?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1960.

2. What boarding school did Edie go to at the age of thirteen?
(a) West Nottingham Academy.
(b) Linden Hall.
(c) Katharine Branson.
(d) Salem Academy.

3. How did Francis attempt to have Saucie thrown out of Radcliffe?
(a) By hiring someone to plant drugs on her.
(b) By refusing to pay her tuition.
(c) By sending a bodyguard to drag her out of classes.
(d) By telling the dean she was promiscuous.

4. What was the name of the property the Sedgwicks bought during the Second World War?
(a) La Cali House.
(b) Rose Garden Estates.
(c) Corral de Quati.
(d) Sedgwick Manor.

5. How did Francis feel about joining the military?
(a) Desperate.
(b) Wishful.
(c) Regretful.
(d) Indifferent.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Henry Dwight Sedgwick marry Sarah May Minturn?

2. While staying at Bloomingdale hospital, what did Edie do while out on a visitor's pass?

3. What was Edie Sedgwick's full first name?

4. How did Saucie feel about Edie?

5. In what branch of the military did Francis' brother, Minturn, serve during World War Two?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did life change for the Sedgwicks when they moved to their third ranch, Rancho la Laguna de San Francisco?

2. What reason is given for the number of children Francis and Alice had together?

3. What is the intended purpose of the circular burial of Sedgwicks around Judge's Theodore Sedgwick's tomb?

4. How did Francis feel about serving in the military during World War II?

5. What are Saucie's memories of living in the family's Goleta ranch?

6. What was Francis's response when Groton decided to start admitting black students?

7. What does the author tell us about Edie's father, Francis Minturn Sedgwick?

8. What experiences did Edie have in psychiatric hospitals?

9. What story is provided as an example of the amount of pressure Francis put upon his children?

10. What is said about Francis's desire to be a father?

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