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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. What does Dupin tell Edmund about Mr. Arnold?
(a) He is Edmund's aunt's murderer.
(b) He is Edmund's father.
(c) He is Edmund's step-father.
(d) He is Edmund's mother's murderer.

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

3. When Edmund and Mrs. Whitman first meet, where does Mrs. Whitman tell Edmund to have Dupin meet her?
(a) At the cemetery behind her house.
(b) At the courthouse.
(c) At the tavern.
(d) At the docks.

4. What does the piece of paper that is slipped under the door of Edmund's room tell Dupin?
(a) An important clue.
(b) To meet William Arnold at the Hotel American House.
(c) To meet Mrs. Whitman.
(d) Not to get involved.

5. With whom is Dupin's first encounter at the cemetery?
(a) Edmund.
(b) Mrs. Whitman.
(c) Edmund's dead aunt.
(d) Throck.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the man who hits Edmund with a gun?

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

3. Where does Edmund take the man he encounters on the street at the beginning of the story?

4. What does Dupin admit to Edmund about himself?

5. As he prepares to meet Mrs. Whitman, who does Dupin tell Edmund he believes Edmund's aunt's murderer is?

(see the answer key)

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