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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. What is the only item missing after Edmund's room is ransacked?
(a) A drawing of his aunt and mother.
(b) A drawing of his sister.
(c) A photograph of his sister.
(d) A photograph of his aunt and mother.

2. Who is Auguste Dupin?
(a) A carpet salesman.
(b) A writer.
(c) A postal worker.
(d) A delivery man.

3. When Edmund and Mrs. Whitman first meet, where does Mrs. Whitman tell Edmund to have Dupin meet her?
(a) At the tavern.
(b) At the docks.
(c) At the courthouse.
(d) At the cemetery behind her house.

4. After they discuss Edmund's step-father, who does Dupin send Edmund to speak to at the docks?
(a) Mr. Peterson.
(b) Captain Elias.
(c) Throck.
(d) Mrs. Powers.

5. Who is Fortnoy?
(a) A ship's captain.
(b) A police officer.
(c) A night watchman.
(d) A sailor.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Dupin and Throck's first meeting, what does Throck tell Dupin he has been hired to do?

2. As he prepares to meet Mrs. Whitman, who does Dupin tell Edmund he believes Edmund's aunt's murderer is?

3. What is the title of one of Edgar Allan Poe's famous mystery books?

4. What is the children's room like?

5. In the prologue, what does Edmund discover when he returns home?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why do you think the author sets up the prologue so that all of Edmund's female family members are missing?

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. Do you think Edmund should have stopped to help the old man before returning home?

9. What is the significance of the absence of adults in the Prologue?

10. Why do you think Poe chooses to go by the name of his fictional detective?

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