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

2. At the beginning of the story, how long have the children been alone?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Two days.
(c) Two hours.
(d) Ten days.

3. What does Poe tell Edmund about his sister at the end of the story?
(a) She did not display courage throughout her abduction.
(b) She will probably not live long.
(c) She is a stronger person than Edmund.
(d) She would have lived longer in his story than in reality.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Dupin first meets Throck, what does he observes about him?

2. What did Poe give the real life Mrs. Whitman?

3. Where is Edmund reunited with his mother?

4. As he leaves the bank, what does Dupin tell Peterson his name is?

5. What does Edmund's sister convince him to do in the Prologue?

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