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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. What happens to the ship Edmund's sister was on?
(a) It plows into Edmund's boat.
(b) It overturns.
(c) It hits a rock.
(d) It gets away.

2. When he returns to the cemetery to find Dupin, who does Edmund see?
(a) A young, fair-haired man.
(b) A bald man.
(c) An elderly man.
(d) A middle-aged man.

3. Who does Dupin tell Edmund that Rachett has killed?
(a) Edmund's aunt, believing her to be Edmund's mother.
(b) Edmund's mother, believing her to be Edmund's aunt.
(c) His partner, Peterson.
(d) Edmund's sister.

4. What does the style of the novel mimic?
(a) The style of Poe's romantic stories.
(b) The style of Poe's detective stories.
(c) The style of the fairy tales Sis reads.
(d) The style of Sherlock Holmes stories.

5. What is lost from the ship besides the two men aboard?
(a) Poe's story.
(b) Sis's book.
(c) Wads of cash.
(d) The gold bars stolen from the bank.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the kidnappers plan to use Edmund's sister?

2. When Edmund arrives to rescue his sister, who is trying to take her away?

3. As he prepares to meet Mrs. Whitman, who does Dupin tell Edmund he believes Edmund's aunt's murderer is?

4. What does one of the newspaper notices say?

5. What is in the prologue of Poe's story?

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