View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event prompted Francis Minturn Sedgwick to have a nervous breakdown?
(a) A violent storm.
(b) An apparent ghost sighting.
(c) The death of his mother.
(d) The stock market crash.

2. Where did Theodore Sedgwick live?
(a) Boston.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York.

3. What were the group of gays Edie fell in with at Harvard referred to as?
(a) Dancing Queens.
(b) Gay Guys.
(c) Nitroglycerin Queens.
(d) Harvard Homosexuals.

4. Why are Sedgwicks buried in the particular formation they are around Theodore Sedgwick?
(a) To create a memorable monument for the Sedgwick family.
(b) So they can arise together on Judgement day.
(c) To allow for his descendants to be buried in an already full graveyard.
(d) Theodore thought it would be visually striking.

5. Which event is Theodore Sedgewick said to have been intimately involved with?
(a) Pearl Harbor.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) The Korean War.
(d) The American Revolution.

6. In what year was Edie Sedgwick born?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1945.

7. How does Jane describe Edie as a little girl?
(a) Headstrong.
(b) Tomboyish.
(c) Mischievous.
(d) Timid.

8. Who was Edie Sedgwick named after?
(a) Her neighbor.
(b) Her mother's mother.
(c) Her father's favorite aunt.
(d) A famous actress.

9. What did Edie have nightmares about while she was at boarding school?
(a) Her teachers.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Ghosts.
(d) Death.

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

11. How old was Babbo when he died?
(a) Eighty-one years old.
(b) One hundred years old.
(c) Seventy-five years old.
(d) Ninety-five years old.

12. Who is Lily Saarinen?
(a) Edie's roommate.
(b) Edie's sister.
(c) Edie's friend.
(d) Edie's cousin.

13. Who was the first of Edie's relatives, the Sedgwicks, on record?
(a) Martin Sedgwick.
(b) Luther Sedgwick.
(c) Robert Sedgwick.
(d) Francis Sedgwick.

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

15. In the 1950s, what became increasingly prevalent near the Sedgwick property?
(a) Commercial buildings.
(b) Oil wells.
(c) Wolves.
(d) Hi-rise apartments.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was Henry Dwight Sedgwick's nickname?

4. What distinguished position did Theodore Sedgwick eventually reach in his career?

5. Who was Jane Wilson?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 436 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample