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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. What happens to Edmund when he confronts his sister's kidnapper?
(a) He is taken onto the ship.
(b) He is knocked into the harbor.
(c) He is tied up.
(d) He is knocked unconscious.

2. Where is Edmund reunited with his mother?
(a) In a church.
(b) In a bank.
(c) In a cemetery.
(d) In a saloon.

3. What does Poe tell Edmund about his sister at the end of the story?
(a) She is a stronger person than Edmund.
(b) She will probably not live long.
(c) She would have lived longer in his story than in reality.
(d) She did not display courage throughout her abduction.

4. As he leaves the bank, what does Dupin tell Peterson his name is?
(a) Edward Grey.
(b) Edgar Grey.
(c) Edmund Grey.
(d) Edgar Allan Poe.

5. What does Dupin want Edmund to find out at the docks?
(a) Whether Sis is hiding on a ship.
(b) Whether Mrs. Powers will consent to Dupin's courting of Mrs. Whitman.
(c) Whether there's a ship called The Lady Liberty.
(d) Whether Captain Elias was involved in a murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Poe's actions at the end of the novel demonstrate?

2. What promise does Sis make to Edmund before he leaves her alone in the room?

3. Which fictional detective did Poe's writings influence?

4. When Edmund sees the corpse at the docks, at the beginning of the story, who does he identify her as?

5. What does Dupin admit to Edmund about himself?

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