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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Dupin surprised to learn that Captain Elias told Edmund?
(a) The Lady Liberty 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 S.S. Freedom does not exist.

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

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

4. What truth does Edmund demand of Poe before they part ways?
(a) Whether he is really a writer.
(b) Whether he was really trying to save Sis.
(c) Whether he really had a wife named Sis.
(d) Whether his name is really Poe.

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

6. What does Edmund do to save his sister?
(a) He offers to trade places with her.
(b) He uses Poe's knife.
(c) He dives into the water.
(d) He uses Throck's gun.

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

8. 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) Throck.
(b) Peterson.
(c) Fortnoy.
(d) Rachett.

9. When introducing him to her guests, how does Mrs. Whitman refer to Dupin?
(a) Edmund's father.
(b) Mr. Rachett.
(c) Mr. Poe.
(d) Mr. Arnold.

10. What does Dupin use to decipher the encoded message Edmund found at Mrs. Whitman's house?
(a) The Murders in the Rue Morgue.
(b) The Gold Bug.
(c) The newspaper notices.
(d) The Raven.

11. What is in the prologue of Poe's story?
(a) The beginning of Poe's life.
(b) The same prologue that begins Edmund's story.
(c) A note to Mrs. Whitman.
(d) An apology to Edward for his behavior.

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

13. 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.

14. What does one of the newspaper notices say?
(a) Peterson is demanding a ransom for Edmund's mother.
(b) Peterson is demanding a ransom for Edmund's sister.
(c) Peterson can be reached at the Providence Bank.
(d) Peterson is residing at the Hotel American House.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. This novel combines _____.

2. After Edmund's mother is recovered, what does Poe think about finding Edmund's sister?

3. Who or what is Peggy?

4. What does Dupin admit to Edmund about himself?

5. What does Throck ask Edmund about Poe?

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