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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 the prologue, where is the children's mother?
2. Where do the children live?
3. At the beginning of the story, how long have the children been alone?
4. Who first used the locked-room concept?
5. Which fictional detective did Poe's writings influence?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the locked-room mystery engage the reader?
2. Do you think Edmund should have stopped to help the old man before returning home?
3. Why do you think the author chose not to reveal Sis's true name?
4. Do you think the story would be as effective if it were set in a different time period?
5. How does the setting reflect Edmund's emotional state?
6. What can the reader deduce about the real-life Poe from part one of the novel?
7. What is the significance of the fact that both Edmund and Dupin have an important person in their lives whom they call Sis?
8. Why do you think the author decided to set up a mystery in the style of Edgar Allan Poe?
9. 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?
10. Why do you think Dupin is so obsessed with death?
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
Dupin/Poe tells Edmund that "lies have their own truth." Do you agree? Do you think this is the case only in fiction, or in real life as well?
Essay Topic 3
How many mysteries are there in this novel? How do they overlap? Analyze how the clues for solving each mystery are necessary for solving the others.
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