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

2. What does another of the notices say?
(a) Arnold is demanding a ransom for Edmund's sister.
(b) Arnold is demanding a ransom for Edmund's mother.
(c) Arnold resides at the Hotel American House.
(d) Arnold can be reached at the Providence Bank.

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

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

5. At the docks, who is Edmund pursued by?
(a) A man with white hair.
(b) A man with dark hair.
(c) Someone he never sees.
(d) A ghost.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dupin NOT tell Edmund about Arnold's classified ad?

2. When Edmund and Mrs. Whitman first meet, what does Mrs. Whitman ask Edmund about Dupin?

3. What does Mrs. Whitman tells her guests that Dupin/Poe is?

4. The first time Edmund and Dupin go to the saloon together, what do they learn?

5. Which fictional detective did Poe's writings influence?

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