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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 mother.
(d) If he is getting the reward money for finding Edward's aunt.

2. Who does Mrs. Powers want her daughter to marry?
(a) Mr. Arnold.
(b) Mr. Peterson.
(c) Mr. Poe.
(d) Mr. Poley.

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

4. What does another of the notices say?
(a) Arnold resides at the Hotel American House.
(b) Arnold is demanding a ransom for Edmund's mother.
(c) Arnold can be reached at the Providence Bank.
(d) Arnold is demanding a ransom for Edmund's sister.

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

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

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

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

9. With whom is Dupin's second encounter at the cemetery?
(a) Throck.
(b) Mrs. Whitman.
(c) Mrs. Powers.
(d) Edmund.

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

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

12. Why is the decoded message Edmund found at Mrs. Whitman's house unclear?
(a) Sunrise is not at 7:00 A.M.
(b) Sunset is not at 6:00 P.M.
(c) Sunset is not at 7:00 P.M.
(d) Sunrise is not at 6:00 A.M.

13. What does Dupin admit to Edmund about himself?
(a) He is a drunkard.
(b) He is Mr. Whitman.
(c) He is Edgar Allan Poe.
(d) He is very wealthy.

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

15. Who is the man who hits Edmund with a gun?
(a) Mr. Poe.
(b) Mr. Arnold.
(c) Throck.
(d) Mr. Rachett.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the tavern, what does Throck tell Edmund?

2. How does Edmund escape his pursuer at the docks?

3. What does Dupin use to decipher the encoded message Edmund found at Mrs. Whitman's house?

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

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

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