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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Edmund's sister's real name?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Not revealed.
(c) Sissy.
(d) Catherine.

2. When Edmund enters his room with the food for himself and his sister, what state is his sister in?
(a) She is asleep.
(b) She is happy.
(c) She is in tears.
(d) She is missing.

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

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

5. What two things does this novel incorporate?
(a) Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot as characters.
(b) Magic and realism.
(c) Poe's literary methodology and Poe as a fictional character.
(d) Police work and amateur sleuthing.

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

7. In what month does the story begin?
(a) January.
(b) March.
(c) September.
(d) November.

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

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

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

11. At the bank, who is the author of the urgent message Mr. Poley hands Peterson?
(a) Mr. Arnold.
(b) Fortnoy.
(c) Mr. Rachett.
(d) Throck.

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

13. When Dupin identifies Rachett as Edmund's step-father, what does Edmund tell him about the reason his mother came to America?
(a) To get married.
(b) To get a divorce.
(c) To find her sister.
(d) To get a better job.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the clothier's shop, what does the large man do when he sees Edmund?

3. In what year does the story take place?

4. What does Dupin want Edmund to find out at the docks?

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

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