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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 is Dupin surprised to learn that Captain Elias told Edmund?
(a) Captain Elias was keeping watch at the time of the murder.
(b) The S.S. Freedom does not exist.
(c) The Lady Liberty does not exist.
(d) Fortnoy was keeping watch at the time of the murder.

2. Who is Throck?
(a) A night watchman.
(b) A sailor.
(c) A ship's captain.
(d) A police officer.

3. What does seeing himself in Edmund lead Poe to do?
(a) Try to make Edmund as unhappy as he is.
(b) Think of himself as Edmund's father.
(c) Try to give Edmund a better ending to his own story.
(d) Relate to Edmund's twin sister as well.

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

5. What does Dupin find in the bank vault?
(a) A piece of string.
(b) Money.
(c) Edmund's sister.
(d) A corpse.

Short Answer Questions

1. The book's prologue is particularly engaging for its target audience of _____.

2. What two things does this novel incorporate?

3. Where does Edmund go to buy food for himself and Sis?

4. When Poe arrives at the scene where Edmund is trying to rescue his sister, how does he say he figured out the meaning of the decoded message?

5. When Edmund enters his room with the food for himself and his sister, what state is his sister in?

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