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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Dupin learn that Aunty Pru was told of Edmund's mother's location?
(a) A letter from Edmund's mother.
(b) An ad in a newspaper.
(c) A banker.
(d) A sailor.

3. What promise does Sis make to Edmund before he leaves her alone in the room?
(a) If their aunt returns, Sis will take responsibility for his leaving.
(b) She won't go out while he's gone.
(c) She'll call a neighbor if she needs help.
(d) She'll let him have most of the food he buys.

4. The prologue introduces the reader to all of the following EXCEPT _____.
(a) Edgar Allan Poe.
(b) Edmund and his sister.
(c) A missing mother and aunt.
(d) The novel's's setting.

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

6. How much money does Edmund have at the beginning of the story?
(a) A dollar.
(b) A dime.
(c) A nickel.
(d) A penny.

7. On his way to the saloon to buy supplies for himself and Dupin, who follow Edward?
(a) Throck.
(b) Fortnoy.
(c) A ghost.
(d) Dupin.

8. Why didn't Edmund want to leave his sister alone?
(a) The neighborhood is unsafe.
(b) Someone threatens to kidnap her.
(c) She is too young.
(d) She is ill.

9. Who is Sherlock Holmes?
(a) A fictional detective influenced by Poe's character.
(b) A fictional criminal influenced by Poe's character.
(c) A real-life criminal from the nineteenth century.
(d) A real-life detective from the nineteenth century.

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

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

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

13. What is the food Edmund buys for himself and his sister wrapped in?
(a) Waxed paper.
(b) Foil.
(c) Newspaper.
(d) Cellophane.

14. As he prepares to meet Mrs. Whitman, who does Dupin tell Edmund he believes Edmund's aunt's murderer is?
(a) Poley.
(b) Fortnoy.
(c) Peterson.
(d) Throck.

15. Who is Fortnoy?
(a) A night watchman.
(b) A ship's captain.
(c) A sailor.
(d) A police officer.

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. What two things does this novel incorporate?

3. Who is Auguste Dupin?

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

5. When they investigate the room that faces Edmund's room, what do Edmund and Dupin find?

(see the answer keys)

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