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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 does the piece of paper that is slipped under the door of Edmund's room tell Dupin?
(a) To meet Mrs. Whitman.
(b) Not to get involved.
(c) To meet William Arnold at the Hotel American House.
(d) An important clue.

2. What does Throck ask Edmund about Poe?
(a) If he is looking for Edmund's sister.
(b) If he is a drunkard.
(c) If he is getting the reward money for finding Edward's mother.
(d) If he is getting the reward money for finding Edward's aunt.

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

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

5. When Edmund and Mrs. Whitman first meet, what does Mrs. Whitman ask Edmund about Dupin?
(a) If he has given up drinking.
(b) If he is still in town.
(c) If he is trustworthy when drinking.
(d) If he wants to marry her.

Short Answer Questions

1. When they investigate the room that faces Edmund's room, what do Edmund and Dupin find?

2. When he returns to the cemetery to find Dupin, who does Edmund see?

3. When introducing him to her guests, how does Mrs. Whitman refer to Dupin?

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

5. What happens to the ship Edmund's sister was on?

(see the answer key)

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