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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. What does Mr. Arnold ask Dupin at Mrs. Whitman's home?
(a) Why he is trying to steal Helen away from him.
(b) Why a man would order a coat and then not buy it.
(c) Why he was in the cemetery.
(d) Why his stories all deal with gruesome deaths.

2. What is one reason the final section of the book is of interest to the reader?
(a) The reader doesn't know whether it is true.
(b) The reader finds out Edmund's life is exactly like Poe's.
(c) The reader can compare Poe's life to Edmund's.
(d) The reader can feel better about his or her own life.

3. How does Edmund escape his pursuer at the docks?
(a) By jumping into the harbor and swimming away.
(b) By shouting out.
(c) By pretending to have a weapon.
(d) By crawling along the underside of a wharf.

4. As he leaves the bank, what does Dupin tell Peterson his name is?
(a) Edgar Grey.
(b) Edgar Allan Poe.
(c) Edmund Grey.
(d) Edward Grey.

5. When Edward goes to the saloon to buy supplies for himself and Dupin, according to the posted sign, who is offering a reward for the location of Mrs. G. Rachett?
(a) Mr. Poley.
(b) The police.
(c) Mr. Rachett.
(d) Mr. Arnold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Poe believe about Edmund's sister's ultimate fate?

2. What is the children's room like?

3. As Edmund is spying on Dupin near the cemetery, whom does he see emerge from the Hotel American House and enter Mrs. Whitman's house?

4. Who was one of the women Poe courted after the death of his wife?

5. What is Edmund's sister's real name?

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