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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 Dupin want Edmund to find out at the docks?
(a) Whether Captain Elias was involved in a murder.
(b) Whether there's a ship called The Lady Liberty.
(c) Whether Sis is hiding on a ship.
(d) Whether Mrs. Powers will consent to Dupin's courting of Mrs. Whitman.

2. In Dupin and Throck's first meeting, what does Throck tell Dupin he has been hired to do?
(a) Murder Edmund.
(b) Solve the bank robbery.
(c) Murder Edmund's sister.
(d) Find a relative of Edmund's.

3. What does Dupin use to decipher the encoded message Edmund found at Mrs. Whitman's house?
(a) The newspaper notices.
(b) The Gold Bug.
(c) The Murders in the Rue Morgue.
(d) The Raven.

4. How does Edmund get home with the food for himself and his sister?
(a) By bicycle.
(b) He runs.
(c) By bus.
(d) He walks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Arnold ask Dupin at Mrs. Whitman's home?

2. After Edmund returns home at the beginning of the story, what is his most pressing goal?

3. What promise does Sis make to Edmund before he leaves her alone in the room?

4. What does Poe do with his story before walking away?

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

(see the answer key)

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