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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the food Edmund buys for himself and his sister wrapped in?
(a) Cellophane.
(b) Waxed paper.
(c) Newspaper.
(d) Foil.

2. What street does Edmund live on?
(a) Ann Street.
(b) Wickenden Street.
(c) Windemere Street.
(d) Shamrock Street.

3. Poe's main character in one of his famous mystery books was the first to use a combination of ____.
(a) Humor and seriousness.
(b) Wits, evidence, and the powers of reason.
(c) Passion and reason.
(d) Forensic evidence and laboratory results.

4. Where do the children live?
(a) In a hotel.
(b) In a cozy house.
(c) In a tenement.
(d) Above a saloon.

5. Where does Edmund take the man he encounters on the street at the beginning of the story?
(a) Ann Street.
(b) Shamrock Street.
(c) Wickenden Street.
(d) Windemere Street.

Short Answer Questions

1. The book's prologue is particularly engaging for its target audience of _____.

2. What is the children's room like?

3. Who first used the locked-room concept?

4. In the prologue, what does Edmund discover when he returns home?

5. In the prologue, where is the children's mother?

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