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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason is suggested for the large number of children Alice and Francis had together?

2. Where did Theodore Sedgwick live?

3. Which of the following seemed to plague Francis Minturn?

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

5. Who was Gabrielle Ladd?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Sedgwick-Minturn legacy begin?

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

3. What experiences did Edie have in psychiatric hospitals?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Edie's teen years. Describe her experiences at Katharine Branson and St. Timothy's. Describe her experiences at Silver Hill and Bloomingdale. What events shaped her teenage years?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Edie's time at The Factory. What was The Factory? What sorts of things took place there? How did it affect Edie's life? Was it a positive or negative influence?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss drugs in Edie, An American Biography. How did Edie's drug use affect her life? Discuss drug culture in the 1960s and how it differs from today.

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