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

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

3. The book's prologue is particularly engaging for its target audience of _____.
(a) Children.
(b) Professional detectives.
(c) Amateur detectives.
(d) Women.

4. Who first used the locked-room concept?
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) Edgar Allan Poe.
(c) Harry Houdini.
(d) Sherlock Holmes.

5. For what reason does Dupin believe Edmund's sister was abducted?
(a) So she could lead Edmund out of his room.
(b) So she could assist with the bank robbery.
(c) So she could be held for ransom.
(d) So she could lead Rachett to Edward's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dupin learn at the portrait studio?

2. What does Dupin see from the bell tower?

3. What does Dupin asks Edmund to do when they first meet?

4. Why are the children alone at the beginning of the story?

5. The prologue is engaging because it sets up a crime in which _____.

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