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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 11-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Edmund and Mrs. Whitman first meet, what does Mrs. Whitman ask Edmund about Dupin?
(a) If he has given up drinking.
(b) If he is still in town.
(c) If he is trustworthy when drinking.
(d) If he wants to marry her.

2. As he prepares to meet Mrs. Whitman, who does Dupin tell Edmund he believes Edmund's aunt's murderer is?
(a) Peterson.
(b) Throck.
(c) Poley.
(d) Fortnoy.

3. Which fictional detective did Poe's writings influence?
(a) Hercules Poirot.
(b) Hercule Parrot.
(c) Hercule Poirot.
(d) Hercules Parrot.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is on the scrap of paper Edmund finds in Mrs. Whitman's house?

2. What does Mrs. Whitman ask Dupin to do in front of her guests?

3. When Dupin identifies Rachett as Edmund's step-father, what does Edmund tell him about the reason his mother came to America?

4. Who is Poe's main character in one of his famous mystery books?

5. As Edmund is spying on Dupin near the cemetery, whom does he see emerge from the Hotel American House and enter Mrs. Whitman's house?

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