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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue: Something About Edgar Allan Poe.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Throck ask Edmund about Poe?
(a) If he is getting the reward money for finding Edward's aunt.
(b) If he is a drunkard.
(c) If he is getting the reward money for finding Edward's mother.
(d) If he is looking for Edmund's sister.

2. What does Dupin see from the bell tower?
(a) The bank.
(b) The docks.
(c) Edmund's home.
(d) The cemetery.

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

4. When he stops on his way to the cemetery, what does Dupin imagine that he sees?
(a) Women.
(b) Tombstones.
(c) Children.
(d) Ghosts.

5. How are the children feeling when the novel begins?
(a) Excited.
(b) Cheerful.
(c) Hungry.
(d) Tired.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Edmund go to buy food for himself and Sis?

2. After Edmund's room is ransacked, what does Edmund tell Dupin about his stepfather, Mr. Rachett?

3. What truth does Edmund demand of Poe before they part ways?

4. Where does the story take place?

5. Where does Peterson live?

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