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

2. What does Mr. Arnold ask Dupin at Mrs. Whitman's home?
(a) Why he is trying to steal Helen away from him.
(b) Why a man would order a coat and then not buy it.
(c) Why his stories all deal with gruesome deaths.
(d) Why he was in the cemetery.

3. Who is Auguste Dupin?
(a) A carpet salesman.
(b) A postal worker.
(c) A writer.
(d) A delivery man.

4. How does Dupin learn that Aunty Pru was told of Edmund's mother's location?
(a) A sailor.
(b) A letter from Edmund's mother.
(c) A banker.
(d) An ad in a newspaper.

5. What is on the scrap of paper Edmund finds in Mrs. Whitman's house?
(a) It is a message to Dupin.
(b) It is a message from Edmund's sister.
(c) It is a message to Mrs. Whitman.
(d) It is unreadable.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Edmund reunited with his mother?

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

3. When they return to Edmund's room after Edmund is attacked, what does Dupin tell Edmund to find?

4. After they discuss Edmund's step-father, who does Dupin send Edmund to speak to at the docks?

5. According to Dupin, from whom did Rachett learn about the gold in the vault?

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