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

2. In what position did the first Sedgewick on record serve in the Massachusetts Bay colony?
(a) Mayor.
(b) Lieutenant.
(c) Major General.
(d) Governor.

3. The Sedgwick children believed that their father, Francis, carried shame for not entering which occupation?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Law.
(c) Business.
(d) Banking.

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

5. What reason is suggested for the large number of children Alice and Francis had together?
(a) Alice was incredibly fertile.
(b) Alice and Francis did not believe in birth control.
(c) Alice wanted to prove she could have more children than anyone else.
(d) Alice came from a small family and wanted to have a big family as an adult.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the property the Sedgwicks bought during the Second World War?

2. While speaking about her family's life in California, what term does Saucie use to describe her parents?

3. How is Babbo's outlook on life described by his family members?

4. Who did Francis Minturn Sedgwick marry?

5. What example does Saucie use to illustrate her feeling that Edie got everything she wanted?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is the first Sedgwick on record?

3. What experiences did Edie have in psychiatric hospitals?

4. In the book, what do the Sedgwick children share about their father's infidelities?

5. How did the Sedgwick-Minturn legacy begin?

6. How many siblings did Edie Sedgwick have?

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

8. How did Edie behave at St. Timothy's school?

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

10. Describe "Bobbo" Sedgwick.

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