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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 was the likely reason for Francis Sedgwick's rejection to join the military?
(a) Poor eyesight.
(b) Clubfoot.
(c) Psychological imbalance.
(d) Bronchial asthma.

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

3. What distinguished position did Theodore Sedgwick eventually reach in his career?
(a) Principal.
(b) General of the Army.
(c) Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court.
(d) Bank President.

4. What is the location where Theodore Sedgwick is buried referred to as?
(a) A Sedgwick pie.
(b) The Sedgwick circle.
(c) The Sedgwick plot.
(d) The Sedgwick resting place.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What preparatory boarding school did Francis Minturn Sedgewick attend?

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

3. What state was St. Timothy's school in?

4. In what position did the first Sedgewick on record serve in the Massachusetts Bay colony?

5. What did Edie start to get in trouble for doing while at St. Timothy's school?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What conversation does Saucie recall having with Edie in 1960 after she had left St. Timothy's?

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

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

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

8. Where did Judge Theodore Sedgwick's family settle?

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

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

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