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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Poe tell Edmund about his sister at the end of the story?
(a) She will probably not live long.
(b) She would have lived longer in his story than in reality.
(c) She is a stronger person than Edmund.
(d) She did not display courage throughout her abduction.

4. What does Dupin see from the bell tower?
(a) The docks.
(b) Edmund's home.
(c) The cemetery.
(d) The bank.

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 is shocked that Edmund's mother is alive.
(c) He believes that Edmund's mother is his aunt.
(d) He believes that Edmund's mother is a ghost.

6. What does Poe believe about Edmund's sister's ultimate fate?
(a) She should be rescued.
(b) It is too late to save her.
(c) She deserves to die.
(d) It should be the same as Poe's wife's.

7. Why does Poe believe he will not marry Mrs. Whitman at the end of the novel?
(a) He believes she has lost interest in him.
(b) He has lost interest.
(c) Too many people oppose their union.
(d) It doesn't fit into his story.

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

9. With whom is Dupin's second encounter at the cemetery?
(a) Mrs. Whitman.
(b) Mrs. Powers.
(c) Edmund.
(d) Throck.

10. What is Dupin surprised to learn that Captain Elias told Edmund?
(a) The S.S. Freedom does not exist.
(b) Fortnoy was keeping watch at the time of the murder.
(c) Captain Elias was keeping watch at the time of the murder.
(d) The Lady Liberty does not exist.

11. What does Mrs. Whitman tells her guests that Dupin/Poe is?
(a) Edmund's father.
(b) Her suitor.
(c) A detective.
(d) An author.

12. 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.

13. What does Dupin find in the mausoleum?
(a) A sleeping bag.
(b) A coffin.
(c) A straw mattress.
(d) Edmund's sister.

14. What does Edmund see in the mausoleum?
(a) A corpse.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A button.
(d) A ghost.

15. What does the style of the novel mimic?
(a) The style of Poe's romantic stories.
(b) The style of Poe's detective stories.
(c) The style of Sherlock Holmes stories.
(d) The style of the fairy tales Sis reads.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to Edmund when he confronts his sister's kidnapper?

3. What does Poe do with his story before walking away?

4. When introducing him to her guests, how does Mrs. Whitman refer to Dupin?

5. At the end, what does Edmund come to realize about Poe's agenda?

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