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

2. What kind of home did the Sedgwicks first live in in California?
(a) An apartment.
(b) A fruit ranch.
(c) A turn of the century mansion.
(d) A duplex.

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

4. In what branch of the military did Francis' brother, Minturn, serve during World War Two?
(a) The Navy.
(b) The Army.
(c) The Air Force.
(d) The Marine Corps.

5. What did Edie avoid even though she enjoyed hanging around intellectuals?
(a) Coffee shops and libraries.
(b) Newspapers.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Classic literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Gabrielle Ladd?

2. Which of the following was one of Francis Minturn Sedgewick's nicknames?

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

4. How many children did Henry Dwight Sedgwick and Sarah May Minturn have?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe "Bobbo" Sedgwick.

2. Who did Edie keep in her company when she moved to Cambridge in 1963?

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

4. Describe Judge Theodore Sedgwick's unusual burial site.

5. What does Stein begin book her book, Edie: An American Biography by describing to the reader?

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

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

8. What does Saucie recall about her rebelliousness as a young woman?

9. What experiences did Edie have in psychiatric hospitals?

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

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