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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 truth does Edmund demand of Poe before they part ways?
(a) Whether he is really a writer.
(b) Whether his name is really Poe.
(c) Whether he really had a wife named Sis.
(d) Whether he was really trying to save Sis.

2. Given what he learns at the portrait studio, what does Dupin come to believe?
(a) Edmund's aunt is still alive.
(b) Either Edmund's aunt or his mother is still alive.
(c) Edmund's mother is still alive.
(d) Both Edmund's aunt and his mother are dead.

3. When Dupin first meets Throck, what does he observes about him?
(a) He is a former detective.
(b) He is a former convict.
(c) He is a father.
(d) He is a former military man.

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

5. What does Dupin learn is the cause of Edmund's aunt's death?
(a) An accident.
(b) Undetermined.
(c) A suicide.
(d) A murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. When they first meet, in exchange for Edmund's help, what does Dupin agree to do?

2. How are the children feeling when the novel begins?

3. Who or what is Peggy?

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

5. What does Dupin see from the bell tower?

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