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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 19-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While his mother sleeps, what does Edmund ask Poe to do?
(a) Give him money for food.
(b) Take care of his mother.
(c) Write a happier ending to his story.
(d) Help him find his sister.

2. What does Edmund see in the mausoleum?
(a) A corpse.
(b) A button.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A ghost.

3. When Poe arrives at the scene where Edmund is trying to rescue his sister, how does he say he figured out the meaning of the decoded message?
(a) In a dream.
(b) While drinking.
(c) Using one of his stories.
(d) Throck figured it out first.

4. According to Dupin, from whom did Rachett learn about the gold in the vault?
(a) Throck.
(b) Arnold.
(c) A newspaper.
(d) Peterson.

5. What kind of book does the person Edmund sees at the cemetery drop?
(a) A mystery story.
(b) A Bible.
(c) A prayer book.
(d) A notebook.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom is Dupin's first encounter at the cemetery?

2. This novel combines _____.

3. At the end, what does Edmund come to realize about Poe's agenda?

4. To whom does Edmund give the second letter that Dupin asks him to deliver?

5. What does Dupin asks Edmund to do when they first meet?

(see the answer key)

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