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

2. With whom is Dupin's second encounter at the cemetery?
(a) Throck.
(b) Mrs. Whitman.
(c) Mrs. Powers.
(d) Edmund.

3. What does Dupin asks Edmund to do when they first meet?
(a) Solve a mystery.
(b) Help him write a story.
(c) Help him get a job.
(d) Deliver a letter.

4. What does Dupin NOT tell Edmund about his mother?
(a) She followed her husband to Providence.
(b) She is dead.
(c) She sent an urgent message to her sister.
(d) She has been held captive by Rachett.

5. In the prologue, what does Edmund discover when he returns home?
(a) His sister has opened the door.
(b) The door is still locked from the outside.
(c) He forgot to lock the door.
(d) He's forgotten his key.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Edmund read in Dupin's notebook at the tavern?

2. What does Dupin NOT tell Edmund about Arnold's classified ad?

3. As he prepares to meet Mrs. Whitman, who does Dupin tell Edmund he believes Edmund's aunt's murderer is?

4. How much money does Edmund have at the beginning of the story?

5. At the bank, who is the author of the urgent message Mr. Poley hands Peterson?

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