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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 19-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money does Edmund have at the beginning of the story?
(a) A penny.
(b) A dime.
(c) A dollar.
(d) A nickel.

2. How does Edmund escape his pursuer at the docks?
(a) By crawling along the underside of a wharf.
(b) By jumping into the harbor and swimming away.
(c) By shouting out.
(d) By pretending to have a weapon.

3. What type of book does Edmund's sister read?
(a) Mysteries.
(b) Songs.
(c) Nursery rhymes.
(d) Fairy tales.

4. What does Dupin learn is the cause of Edmund's aunt's death?
(a) A suicide.
(b) Undetermined.
(c) An accident.
(d) A murder.

5. What does Dupin find in the mausoleum?
(a) A coffin.
(b) A straw mattress.
(c) Edmund's sister.
(d) A sleeping bag.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Throck?

2. Who first used the locked-room concept?

3. Who is Fortnoy?

4. Who or what is Peggy?

5. While his mother sleeps, what does Edmund ask Poe to do?

(see the answer key)

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