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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Dupin NOT tell Edmund about Arnold's classified ad?
(a) It brought Rachett and Peterson together.
(b) It was placed by Rachett.
(c) It was placed by Peterson.
(d) It was intended to get a reaction from Edmund's aunt.

5. Who or what is Peggy?
(a) Captain Elias's peg leg.
(b) The boat used to try to rescue Sis.
(c) A bar maid.
(d) A character in Poe's story.

6. When Edmund figures out where his sister is, who accompanies him to rescue her?
(a) Throck.
(b) Poe.
(c) No one.
(d) Edmund's mother.

7. Who does Dupin tell Edmund that Rachett has killed?
(a) His partner, Peterson.
(b) Edmund's aunt, believing her to be Edmund's mother.
(c) Edmund's sister.
(d) Edmund's mother, believing her to be Edmund's aunt.

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

9. When they return to Edmund's room after Edmund is attacked, what does Dupin tell Edmund to find?
(a) The newspaper the food is wrapped in.
(b) His notebook.
(c) An encoded message.
(d) His wallet.

10. When he returns to the cemetery to find Dupin, who does Edmund see?
(a) A young, fair-haired man.
(b) A bald man.
(c) An elderly man.
(d) A middle-aged man.

11. For what reason does Dupin believe Edmund's sister was abducted?
(a) So she could assist with the bank robbery.
(b) So she could lead Rachett to Edward's mother.
(c) So she could lead Edmund out of his room.
(d) So she could be held for ransom.

12. What does Poe's style of courting Mrs. Whitman reflect?
(a) His careful weighing of his options.
(b) His fierce determination.
(c) His fear of failure.
(d) His lack of inner drive.

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

14. How does Throck convince Poe to help him and Edmund find Edmund's sister?
(a) Threatening to tear up his story.
(b) Bribing him.
(c) Giving him liquor.
(d) Withholding his liquor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does another of the notices say?

2. Why does Poe believe he will not marry Mrs. Whitman at the end of the novel?

3. When he stops on his way to the cemetery, what does Dupin imagine that he sees?

4. What is lost from the ship besides the two men aboard?

5. What does Dupin remind Edmund that Edmund first noticed about his aunt's body?

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