The Man Who Was Poe Short Question Test Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Prologue

1. Where does the story take place?

Providence, Rhode Island.

2. In what month does the story begin?

November.

3. In what year does the story take place?

1848.

4. Where do the children live?

In a tenement.

5. What is the children's room like?

Drafty.

6. Why are the children alone at the beginning of the story?

They are waiting for their aunt's return.

7. What does Edmund call his sister?

Sis.

8. What is Edmund's sister's real name?

Not revealed.

9. What type of book does Edmund's sister read?

Fairy tales.

10. At the beginning of the story, how long have the children been alone?

Two days.

11. In the prologue, where is the children's mother?

Missing.

12. How are the children feeling when the novel begins?

Hungry.

13. Why didn't Edmund want to leave his sister alone?

The neighborhood is unsafe.

14. What does...
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