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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 does another of the notices say?
(a) Arnold resides at the Hotel American House.
(b) Arnold can be reached at the Providence Bank.
(c) Arnold is demanding a ransom for Edmund's mother.
(d) Arnold is demanding a ransom for Edmund's sister.

2. When they investigate the room that faces Edmund's room, what do Edmund and Dupin find?
(a) A trail of blood.
(b) A large sum of money.
(c) A written message from Edmund's sister.
(d) A button from Edmund's sister's shoe.

3. How does Edmund convince Poe to help him find his sister?
(a) Threatening to tear up his story.
(b) Offering to help him write his story.
(c) Withholding his liquor.
(d) Complimenting him on his detective skills.

4. With whom is Dupin's first encounter at the cemetery?
(a) Edmund's dead aunt.
(b) Edmund.
(c) Throck.
(d) Mrs. Whitman.

5. What is Dupin surprised to learn that Captain Elias told Edmund?
(a) Captain Elias was keeping watch at the time of the murder.
(b) Fortnoy was keeping watch at the time of the murder.
(c) The S.S. Freedom does not exist.
(d) The Lady Liberty does not exist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Edmund realizes about the meaning of the word "Sunrise" in the decoded message?

2. When Edmund sees the corpse at the docks, at the beginning of the story, who does he identify her as?

3. While his mother sleeps, what does Edmund ask Poe to do?

4. What does Dupin see from the bell tower?

5. Where does Peterson live?

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