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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 do the kidnappers plan to use Edmund's sister?
(a) As a bargaining tool.
(b) As a servant.
(c) As a seamstress.
(d) As an accomplice.

2. 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 shouting out.
(d) By pretending to have a weapon.

3. After they discuss Edmund's step-father, who does Dupin send Edmund to speak to at the docks?
(a) Throck.
(b) Mr. Peterson.
(c) Captain Elias.
(d) Mrs. Powers.

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

5. When Edmund figures out where his sister is, who accompanies him to rescue her?
(a) No one.
(b) Poe.
(c) Edmund's mother.
(d) Throck.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Edmund's room is ransacked, what does Edmund tell Dupin about his stepfather, Mr. Rachett?

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

3. Why didn't Edmund want to leave his sister alone?

4. What does the style of the novel mimic?

5. In what year does the story take place?

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