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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 does Mrs. Powers want her daughter to marry?
(a) Mr. Poley.
(b) Mr. Arnold.
(c) Mr. Peterson.
(d) Mr. Poe.
2. According to Dupin, from whom did Rachett learn about the gold in the vault?
(a) Peterson.
(b) Arnold.
(c) A newspaper.
(d) Throck.
3. When Edmund figures out where his sister is, who accompanies him to rescue her?
(a) No one.
(b) Throck.
(c) Poe.
(d) Edmund's mother.
4. When they return to Edmund's room after Edmund is attacked, what does Dupin tell Edmund to find?
(a) His notebook.
(b) The newspaper the food is wrapped in.
(c) His wallet.
(d) An encoded message.
5. What is lost from the ship besides the two men aboard?
(a) Wads of cash.
(b) Poe's story.
(c) The gold bars stolen from the bank.
(d) Sis's book.
Short Answer Questions
1. When Edmund follows Dupin to see if he will meet Mrs. Whitman in the cemetery, Dupin first goes into a _____.
2. Who is the man who hits Edmund with a gun?
3. What does Edmund see in the mausoleum?
4. What does Dupin admit to Edmund about himself?
5. What does Edmund do to save his sister?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do you think Dupin decides that his work is done after summing up the details of the solved mystery in Chapter 17?
2. Why do you think the author uses the circular technique of starting Poe's story in a way that is identical to the start of the novel?
3. Why do you think the author has Poe share his thought process throughout the story, rather than saving all his insights for the end?
4. How does the final chase scene in Chapter 21 differ from the rest of the novel?
5. What does Dupin mean in Chapter 16 when he tells Edmund that "lies have their own truth"?
6. Do you think Poe is a coward for giving up on marrying Helen because, as he says, too many timid people feel threatened by his power as a writer?
7. If you were Edmund, how do you feel about Poe's assertion that Sis lives on longer in Poe's story than she does in real life?
8. Why is it significant in Chapter 19 that Edmund decodes an important riddle while all the adults around him sleep?
9. What does Dupin mean in Chapter 14 when he tells Edmund that "the story is over"?
10. What is the turning point Edmund experiences in Chapter 14?
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