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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In the prologue, what does Edmund discover when he returns home?
(a) He forgot to lock the door.
(b) He's forgotten his key.
(c) His sister has opened the door.
(d) The door is still locked from the outside.

4. What does Edmund buy for himself and his sister?
(a) Bread.
(b) Meat.
(c) Scones.
(d) Kidney pie.

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

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

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

8. What does Dupin want Edmund to find out at the docks?
(a) Whether Mrs. Powers will consent to Dupin's courting of Mrs. Whitman.
(b) Whether Sis is hiding on a ship.
(c) Whether Captain Elias was involved in a murder.
(d) Whether there's a ship called The Lady Liberty.

9. How does Edmund get home with the food for himself and his sister?
(a) He walks.
(b) He runs.
(c) By bicycle.
(d) By bus.

10. Where does the story take place?
(a) Providence, Rhode Island.
(b) New York, New York.
(c) London, England.
(d) Chicago, Illinois.

11. What is the title of one of Edgar Allan Poe's famous mystery books?
(a) The Murders in the Rue Morte.
(b) The Murders in the Rue Morgue.
(c) The Murder in the Rue Morgue.
(d) The Murder in the Rue Morte.

12. In Dupin and Throck's first meeting, what does Throck tell Dupin he has been hired to do?
(a) Murder Edmund's sister.
(b) Find a relative of Edmund's.
(c) Solve the bank robbery.
(d) Murder Edmund.

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

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

15. When Edmund first mentions Rachett's name, where does Dupin remember hearing the name?
(a) The inquest.
(b) The tavern.
(c) The docks.
(d) The clothing store.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only item missing after Edmund's room is ransacked?

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

3. What type of man does Edmund meet on his way home in the prologue?

4. Who first used the locked-room concept?

5. As he prepares to meet Mrs. Whitman, who does Dupin tell Edmund he believes Edmund's aunt's murderer is?

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