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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Dupin and Throck's first meeting, what does Throck tell Dupin he has been hired to do?
2. When they investigate the room that faces Edmund's room, what do Edmund and Dupin find?
3. What is the children's room like?
4. When he is at Mrs. Whitman's house to deliver Dupin's letter, what does Edmund hear Mrs. Powers say she thinks Mrs. Whitman should do?
5. When Edward goes to the saloon to buy supplies for himself and Dupin, according to the posted sign, who is offering a reward for the location of Mrs. G. Rachett?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do you think the author chose not to reveal Sis's true name?
2. Do you think there is any significance to the author's choice of the name "Edmund"?
3. What is the significance of the fact that both Edmund and Dupin have an important person in their lives whom they call Sis?
4. 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?
5. Why do you think Dupin is so obsessed with death?
6. What do you think is Dupin's primary motivation for helping Edmund?
7. Based on the prologue, what do you think is the author's opinion of Poe as a writer?
8. How do you think the novel would be different if there were no prologue?
9. Why do you think the author sets up the prologue so that all of Edmund's female family members are missing?
10. What is the significance of the absence of adults in the Prologue?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why do you think the characters frequently think they see ghosts throughout the novel? What do the ghosts symbolize? What is the significance of the fact that these characters generally realize immediately that ghosts don't really exist?
Essay Topic 2
Do you think Edmund should have continued to trust Dupin, even though he kept letting him down? Or should he have taken matters into his own hands sooner? Do you think trusting Dupin is a choice or a necessity?
Essay Topic 3
Edmund has one trusted adult friend: Captain Elias. Why do you think he waits so long to visit Captain Elias and seek out his help? Do you see this as a flaw in the novel? Does the author have Edmund avoid his friend just so that his relationship with Dupin/Poe can play out in a more interesting way? Do you think the author should have deleted Captain Elias from the novel, and imparted the information Captain Elias shares in some other way?
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