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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. The first time Edmund and Dupin go to the saloon together, what do they learn?
(a) Sis was abducted from her room.
(b) A man named Smith rented the room across from Edmund's.
(c) A woman was killed by the docks.
(d) The Providence Bank has been robbed.

2. When Edmund enters his room with the food for himself and his sister, what state is his sister in?
(a) She is happy.
(b) She is in tears.
(c) She is missing.
(d) She is asleep.

3. What does Dupin admit to Edmund about himself?
(a) He is Edgar Allan Poe.
(b) He is a drunkard.
(c) He is very wealthy.
(d) He is Mr. Whitman.

4. The prologue is engaging because it sets up a crime in which _____.
(a) Nothing is stolen.
(b) Edmund may be guilty.
(c) The victim's real name is unclear.
(d) The suspect could not possibly have entered the room.

5. To whom does Edmund give the second letter that Dupin asks him to deliver?
(a) Mrs. Whitman.
(b) A maid.
(c) Throck.
(d) Fortnoy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Auguste Dupin?

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

3. What kind of book does the person Edmund sees at the cemetery drop?

4. How are the children feeling when the novel begins?

5. As Edmund is spying on Dupin near the cemetery, whom does he see emerge from the Hotel American House and enter Mrs. Whitman's house?

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