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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. At the tavern, what does Throck tell Edmund?
(a) He does not know where Edmund's sister is.
(b) He knows where Edmund's sister is.
(c) Edmund's aunt hired him to find his mother.
(d) Edmund's mother hired him to find his aunt.

2. Who or what is Peggy?
(a) A bar maid.
(b) Captain Elias's peg leg.
(c) A character in Poe's story.
(d) The boat used to try to rescue Sis.

3. Who is Fortnoy?
(a) A sailor.
(b) A night watchman.
(c) A police officer.
(d) A ship's captain.

4. What truth does Edmund demand of Poe before they part ways?
(a) Whether he is really a writer.
(b) Whether his name is really Poe.
(c) Whether he was really trying to save Sis.
(d) Whether he really had a wife named Sis.

5. What does Dupin want Edmund to find out at the docks?
(a) Whether there's a ship called The Lady Liberty.
(b) Whether Sis is hiding on a ship.
(c) Whether Mrs. Powers will consent to Dupin's courting of Mrs. Whitman.
(d) Whether Captain Elias was involved in a murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Poe believe when he first sees Edmund with his mother?

2. As Dupin leaves the bank, what work by Poe does Peterson tell Dupin that he likes?

3. What does Edmund do to save his sister?

4. What does the style of the novel mimic?

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

(see the answer key)

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