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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 aunt hired him to find his mother.
(b) He knows where Edmund's sister is.
(c) Edmund's mother hired him to find his aunt.
(d) He does not know where Edmund's sister is.

2. What does Dupin learn at the portrait studio?
(a) Edmund's mother and aunt both resemble Edmund's sister.
(b) Edmund's mother and aunt are the same person.
(c) Edmund's mother and aunt look nothing alike.
(d) Edmund's mother and aunt are twins.

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

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

5. This novel combines _____.
(a) A made-up character named Poe with made-up characters.
(b) True historical details about Poe and true details about Poe's fictional characters.
(c) A made-up character named Poe with other real authors' fictional characters.
(d) True details about Poe and made-up details about Poe's fictional characters.

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

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

8. What kind of book does the person Edmund sees at the cemetery drop?
(a) A prayer book.
(b) A mystery story.
(c) A Bible.
(d) A notebook.

9. When Poe arrives at the scene where Edmund is trying to rescue his sister, how does he say he figured out the meaning of the decoded message?
(a) Using one of his stories.
(b) While drinking.
(c) Throck figured it out first.
(d) In a dream.

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

11. While Dupin is at Mrs. Whitman's home, what does Captain Elias tell Edmund at the docks?
(a) Elias suspects Fortnoy of foul play.
(b) Captain Elias found the body floating in the harbor.
(c) Elias witnessed Fortnoy committing murder.
(d) Fortnoy found the body floating in the harbor.

12. What does Edmund buy at the tavern for himself and his mother?
(a) Candles and matches.
(b) A meat pie.
(c) Bread.
(d) A newspaper.

13. At the docks, who is Edmund pursued by?
(a) A man with white hair.
(b) Someone he never sees.
(c) A man with dark hair.
(d) A ghost.

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

15. What does Poe do with his story before walking away?
(a) Dedicate it to Mrs. Whitman.
(b) Throw it onto the ground.
(c) Give it to Edmund as a gift.
(d) Add a prologue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dupin NOT tell Edmund about his mother?

2. What does Mrs. Whitman tells her guests that Dupin/Poe is?

3. What does Dupin find in the mausoleum?

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

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

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