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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 "first" is Theodore Sedgwick credited with?
(a) The first to battle for a black woman's freedom in court.
(b) The first to climb Mt. Everest.
(c) The first to fly a plane in combat.
(d) The first to sign The Declaration of Independence.

2. What did the Groton school decide to do which made Francis go berserk?
(a) Tear down a wing which Francis had funded.
(b) Raise the tuition prices.
(c) Admit black students.
(d) Have shorter school years.

3. In what year was Francis Minturn Sedgewick born?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1904.
(d) 1916.

4. Who was Jane Wilson?
(a) Edie's childhood friend.
(b) The Sedgwick children's nurse.
(c) Francis' mistress.
(d) A friend of the family.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who believes that Francis Sedgwick never had any interest in having children?

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

3. What is Babbo Sedgwick said to have liked to read?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How many siblings did Edie Sedgwick have?

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

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

5. Who is the first Sedgwick on record?

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

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

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

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

10. What effect did oil money have on the Sedgwicks in the 1950s?

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