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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. How does Dupin learn that Aunty Pru was told of Edmund's mother's location?
(a) A banker.
(b) An ad in a newspaper.
(c) A letter from Edmund's mother.
(d) A sailor.

2. The prologue introduces the reader to all of the following EXCEPT _____.
(a) Edgar Allan Poe.
(b) A missing mother and aunt.
(c) The novel's's setting.
(d) Edmund and his sister.

3. Where does the story take place?
(a) London, England.
(b) New York, New York.
(c) Chicago, Illinois.
(d) Providence, Rhode Island.

4. What does Dupin asks Edmund to do when they first meet?
(a) Deliver a letter.
(b) Solve a mystery.
(c) Help him write a story.
(d) Help him get a job.

5. Who first used the locked-room concept?
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) Sherlock Holmes.
(c) Edgar Allan Poe.
(d) Harry Houdini.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Edmund and Mrs. Whitman first meet, what does Mrs. Whitman ask Edmund about Dupin?

2. Who is Throck?

3. Where does Edmund go to buy food for himself and Sis?

4. What is Edmund's sister's real name?

5. Who is Fortnoy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author accomplish in part one by having Dupin tell Edmund that Edmund already has all the facts he needs to solve the crime?

2. What did Edgar Allan Poe do in his mystery stories that no one had done before, and how does this impact future mystery writers?

3. How do you think the character Dupin reflects the real-life Poe?

4. Why do you think the author has Dupin tell Edmund that he has certain critical information, but refuses to share it with him?

5. Do you think the story would be as effective if it were set in a different time period?

6. Based on the prologue, what do you think is the author's opinion of Poe as a writer?

7. 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?

8. When Edmund sees Dupin asleep, surrounded by empty liquor bottles, in Chapter Three, what conflict does it bring about it Edmund's thinking?

9. Why do you think the author decided to set up a mystery in the style of Edgar Allan Poe?

10. How does the setting reflect Edmund's emotional state?

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