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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. Who is Throck?
3. When Edmund first mentions Rachett's name, where does Dupin remember hearing the name?
4. What is on the scrap of paper Edmund finds in Mrs. Whitman's house?
5. The first time Edmund and Dupin go to the saloon together, what do they learn?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the locked-room mystery engage the reader?
2. Why do you think the author chose not to reveal Sis's true name?
3. How do you think the novel would be different if there were no prologue?
4. 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?
5. Do you think there is any significance to the author's choice of the name "Edmund"?
6. 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?
7. What did Edgar Allan Poe do in his mystery stories that no one had done before, and how does this impact future mystery writers?
8. How do you think the character Dupin reflects the real-life Poe?
9. Why do you think the author decided to set up a mystery in the style of Edgar Allan Poe?
10. Why do you think Poe chooses to go by the name of his fictional detective?
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
What is the significance of the beginning of Poe's story being identical to the prologue of the novel? What does it say about the relationship between Poe and Edmund? Do you think it is an indication that Poe's association with Edmund changed him?
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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