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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue: Something About Edgar Allan Poe.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Edmund see in the mausoleum?
(a) A button.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A corpse.
(d) A ghost.

3. In the prologue, where is the children's mother?
(a) Shopping.
(b) Looking for her sister.
(c) Begging for food.
(d) Missing.

4. Who first used the locked-room concept?
(a) Edgar Allan Poe.
(b) Harry Houdini.
(c) Sherlock Holmes.
(d) William Shakespeare.

5. Which fictional detective did Poe's writings influence?
(a) Hercule Parrot.
(b) Hercules Poirot.
(c) Hercule Poirot.
(d) Hercules Parrot.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Edmund sees the corpse at the docks, at the beginning of the story, who does he identify her as?

2. From what school was Poe expelled?

3. When Edmund follows Dupin to see if he will meet Mrs. Whitman in the cemetery, Dupin first goes into a _____.

4. What was Poe's wife's name?

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

(see the answer key)

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