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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the ship Edmund's sister was on?
(a) It hits a rock.
(b) It overturns.
(c) It plows into Edmund's boat.
(d) It gets away.

2. What does another of the notices say?
(a) Arnold is demanding a ransom for Edmund's mother.
(b) Arnold resides at the Hotel American House.
(c) Arnold is demanding a ransom for Edmund's sister.
(d) Arnold can be reached at the Providence Bank.

3. What does Dupin remind Edmund that Edmund first noticed about his aunt's body?
(a) It was too dark to see her face.
(b) Her hair was longer that Edmund remembered.
(c) The body was too decayed to see clearly.
(d) She wore a strange dress.

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

5. What does Poe believe when he first sees Edmund with his mother?
(a) He believes the characters he's writing about have come to life.
(b) He believes that Edmund's mother is a ghost.
(c) He is shocked that Edmund's mother is alive.
(d) He believes that Edmund's mother is his aunt.

6. At the end of the story, how has Edmund changed?
(a) He is more adult.
(b) He is more child-like.
(c) He is more Irresponsible.
(d) He is more trusting.

7. What does seeing himself in Edmund lead Poe to do?
(a) Try to give Edmund a better ending to his own story.
(b) Relate to Edmund's twin sister as well.
(c) Try to make Edmund as unhappy as he is.
(d) Think of himself as Edmund's father.

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

9. What does Edmund realizes about the meaning of the word "Sunrise" in the decoded message?
(a) It is a picture.
(b) It is a drink.
(c) It is a story.
(d) It is a ship.

10. How does Edmund convince Poe to help him find his sister?
(a) Complimenting him on his detective skills.
(b) Offering to help him write his story.
(c) Withholding his liquor.
(d) Threatening to tear up his story.

11. 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?
(a) Peterson.
(b) Throck.
(c) Fortnoy.
(d) Rachett.

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

13. While his mother sleeps, what does Edmund ask Poe to do?
(a) Take care of his mother.
(b) Write a happier ending to his story.
(c) Give him money for food.
(d) Help him find his sister.

14. At the tavern, what does Throck tell Edmund?
(a) He does not know where Edmund's sister is.
(b) He knows where Edmund's sister is.
(c) Edmund's aunt hired him to find his mother.
(d) Edmund's mother hired him to find his aunt.

15. Where is Edmund reunited with his mother?
(a) In a bank.
(b) In a saloon.
(c) In a cemetery.
(d) In a church.

Short Answer Questions

1. When he returns to the cemetery to find Dupin, who does Edmund see?

2. What does the style of the novel mimic?

3. What truth does Edmund demand of Poe before they part ways?

4. What does Throck ask Edmund about Poe?

5. What does Edmund do to save his sister?

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