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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Henry Dwight Sedgwick's nickname?
(a) Piggy.
(b) Harry.
(c) Babbo.
(d) Buck.

2. What kind of home did the Sedgwicks first live in in California?
(a) A fruit ranch.
(b) A duplex.
(c) A turn of the century mansion.
(d) An apartment.

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

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

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

6. What did Edie start to get in trouble for doing while at St. Timothy's school?
(a) Smoking.
(b) Wearing the wrong clothing.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Promiscuous behavior.

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

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

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

10. What preparatory boarding school did Francis Minturn Sedgewick attend?
(a) The Forman School.
(b) Cheshire Academy.
(c) Windermere Academy.
(d) The Groton School.

11. While speaking about her family's life in California, what term does Saucie use to describe her parents?
(a) Beatniks.
(b) European wannabes.
(c) Renaissance people.
(d) Traditionalists.

12. What did Edie avoid even though she enjoyed hanging around intellectuals?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Classic literature.
(c) Newspapers.
(d) Coffee shops and libraries.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which event is Theodore Sedgewick said to have been intimately involved with?

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

4. How did Francis feel about joining the military?

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

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