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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Throck ask Edmund about Poe?
(a) If he is a drunkard.
(b) If he is looking for Edmund's sister.
(c) If he is getting the reward money for finding Edward's aunt.
(d) If he is getting the reward money for finding Edward's mother.

7. After Edmund's mother is recovered, what does Poe think about finding Edmund's sister?
(a) It is pointless because she is probably dead.
(b) It is less important than writing his story.
(c) It is more important that writing his story.
(d) It is only worth it to him if Edmund keeps him supplied with liquor.

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

9. What does Edmund realizes about the meaning of the word "Sunrise" in the decoded message?
(a) It is a drink.
(b) It is a ship.
(c) It is a picture.
(d) It is a story.

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

11. 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) Fortnoy.
(c) Rachett.
(d) Throck.

12. When Edmund follows Dupin to see if he will meet Mrs. Whitman in the cemetery, Dupin first goes into a _____.
(a) Store.
(b) Church.
(c) Bank.
(d) Tavern.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the story, how has Edmund changed?

2. Who does Dupin tell Edmund that Rachett has killed?

3. What does Dupin admit to Edmund about himself?

4. What do Poe's actions at the end of the novel demonstrate?

5. What does Poe believe about Edmund's sister's ultimate fate?

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