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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is Auguste Dupin?
(a) A carpet salesman.
(b) A delivery man.
(c) A postal worker.
(d) A writer.
2. Who is Fortnoy?
(a) A sailor.
(b) A night watchman.
(c) A police officer.
(d) A ship's captain.
3. How are the children feeling when the novel begins?
(a) Hungry.
(b) Excited.
(c) Tired.
(d) Cheerful.
4. In the prologue, where is the children's mother?
(a) Looking for her sister.
(b) Begging for food.
(c) Missing.
(d) Shopping.
5. When they first meet, in exchange for Edmund's help, what does Dupin agree to do?
(a) Help Edmund commit a crime.
(b) Help Edmund write a story.
(c) Help Edmund find his sister.
(d) Give Edmund money for food.
Short Answer Questions
1. At the beginning of the story, how long have the children been alone?
2. As he leaves the bank, what does Dupin tell Peterson his name is?
3. At the bank, who is the author of the urgent message Mr. Poley hands Peterson?
4. What is the food Edmund buys for himself and his sister wrapped in?
5. What promise does Sis make to Edmund before he leaves her alone in the room?
Short Essay Questions
1. Do you think Edmund should have stopped to help the old man before returning home?
2. How does the locked-room mystery engage the reader?
3. Do you think there is any significance to the author's choice of the name "Edmund"?
4. When Edmund sees Dupin asleep, surrounded by empty liquor bottles, in Chapter Three, what conflict does it bring about it Edmund's thinking?
5. Why do you think Poe chooses to go by the name of his fictional detective?
6. Do you think the story would be as effective if it were set in a different time period?
7. Why do you think the author sets up the prologue so that all of Edmund's female family members are missing?
8. How do you think the character Dupin reflects the real-life Poe?
9. What did Edgar Allan Poe do in his mystery stories that no one had done before, and how does this impact future mystery writers?
10. Why do you think Edmund continues to trust Dupin, even after reading in Dupin's notebook in Chapter Nine that Dupin thinks his story should end with Sis' death?
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