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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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) It doesn't fit into his story.
(d) Too many people oppose their union.

5. Given what he learns at the portrait studio, what does Dupin come to believe?
(a) Both Edmund's aunt and his mother are dead.
(b) Edmund's mother is still alive.
(c) Either Edmund's aunt or his mother is still alive.
(d) Edmund's aunt is still alive.

6. What is lost from the ship besides the two men aboard?
(a) Poe's story.
(b) Wads of cash.
(c) Sis's book.
(d) The gold bars stolen from the bank.

7. Where does Edmund go to find his sister?
(a) The cemetery.
(b) A saloon.
(c) The docks.
(d) A church.

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

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

10. What does Edmund bring with him to rescue his sister?
(a) Throck's gun.
(b) A kitchen knife.
(c) Poe's knife.
(d) Poe's gun.

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

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

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

14. As they are saying goodbye, what does Edmund accuse Poe of being afraid of?
(a) Telling Mrs. Whitman his true feelings.
(b) Not succeeding as a writer.
(c) Dying.
(d) Living.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one of the newspaper notices say?

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

3. What does another of the notices say?

4. What is in the prologue of Poe's story?

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

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