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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. After Edmund returns home at the beginning of the story, what is his most pressing goal?
(a) Find more food.
(b) Find his sister.
(c) Find his aunt.
(d) Find his mother.

2. What does Edmund do to save his sister?
(a) He uses Poe's knife.
(b) He dives into the water.
(c) He offers to trade places with her.
(d) He uses Throck's gun.

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

4. As he prepares to meet Mrs. Whitman, who does Dupin tell Edmund he believes Edmund's aunt's murderer is?
(a) Poley.
(b) Throck.
(c) Peterson.
(d) Fortnoy.

5. Poe's main character in one of his famous mystery books was the first to use a combination of ____.
(a) Passion and reason.
(b) Forensic evidence and laboratory results.
(c) Humor and seriousness.
(d) Wits, evidence, and the powers of reason.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the clothier's shop, what does the large man do when he sees Edmund?

2. When Dupin goes to the courthouse, what do Thock and Fortnoy testify about?

3. Where does Peterson live?

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. What is the children's room like?

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