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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 Poe believe about Edmund's sister's ultimate fate?
(a) She should be rescued.
(b) She deserves to die.
(c) It should be the same as Poe's wife's.
(d) It is too late to save her.

2. When they first meet, in exchange for Edmund's help, what does Dupin agree to do?
(a) Give Edmund money for food.
(b) Help Edmund find his sister.
(c) Help Edmund write a story.
(d) Help Edmund commit a crime.

3. When Edmund follows Dupin to see if he will meet Mrs. Whitman in the cemetery, Dupin first goes into a _____.
(a) Store.
(b) Tavern.
(c) Bank.
(d) Church.

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

5. In Dupin and Throck's first meeting, what does Throck tell Dupin he has been hired to do?
(a) Murder Edmund's sister.
(b) Solve the bank robbery.
(c) Find a relative of Edmund's.
(d) Murder Edmund.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Edmund when he confronts his sister's kidnapper?

2. What does Poe do with his story before walking away?

3. What does Poe tell Edmund about his sister at the end of the story?

4. While Dupin is at Mrs. Whitman's home, what does Captain Elias tell Edmund at the docks?

5. At the bank, who is the author of the urgent message Mr. Poley hands Peterson?

(see the answer key)

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