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

2. What artistic vocation did Francis Sedgwick devote himself to?
(a) Painting.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Interior design.
(d) Sculpting.

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

4. How did the Sedgwick children feel about California?
(a) They were indifferent.
(b) They thought it was paradise.
(c) They hated the heat.
(d) They missed the white Christmases.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Edie avoid even though she enjoyed hanging around intellectuals?

2. Who did Saucie think was the prettiest of her sisters?

3. Who was Jane Wilson?

4. In the Sedgwick family home, what was a "round up"?

5. In the book, Edie: An American Biography who helps to tell the story of the Sedgwick ancestors?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the author describe as Judge Theodore Sedgwick's accomplishments?

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

5. What impression does Jane Wilson share about Edie as a child?

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

7. What troubles did Edie's brother Minty have in his short life?

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

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

10. Who is the first Sedgwick on record?

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