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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 1-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the children's room like?
(a) Drafty.
(b) Dark.
(c) Unfurnished.
(d) Warm.

2. Where does the story take place?
(a) Providence, Rhode Island.
(b) Chicago, Illinois.
(c) New York, New York.
(d) London, England.

3. At the beginning of the story, how long have the children been alone?
(a) Two days.
(b) Two hours.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Ten days.

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

5. When Dupin goes to the courthouse, what do Thock and Fortnoy testify about?
(a) Finding Aunt Pru's body.
(b) Killing Edmund's mother.
(c) Abducting Edmund's sister.
(d) Witnessing the bank robbery.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Edmund give the second letter that Dupin asks him to deliver?

2. What does the piece of paper that is slipped under the door of Edmund's room tell Dupin?

3. Why didn't Edmund want to leave his sister alone?

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

5. What is the title of one of Edgar Allan Poe's famous mystery books?

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