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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the second word that the policeman hears from outside the crime scene?
(a) Devil.
(b) Criminal.
(c) Diable.
(d) Malevolent.

2. What did all the witnesses agree about the second voice they heard?
(a) It was gruff.
(b) It was Spanish.
(c) It was a woman's voice.
(d) It was foreign.

3. When Dupin believes he know who the killer is, what does he give The Narrator?
(a) A knife.
(b) A camera.
(c) A pistol.
(d) A rope.

4. How long had the first person interviewed known the murder victims?
(a) No time at all.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 3 years.

5. In his ad, what does Dupin claim to possess?
(a) An empty house.
(b) An apartment to rent out.
(c) An oranguatan.
(d) A box of books.

6. On what floor were voices heard in the Rue Morgue?
(a) 3rd.
(b) 1st.
(c) 2nd.
(d) 4th.

7. Who pays the rent in the home that Dupin and the narrator live in?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The government.
(c) Dupin's family.
(d) Dupin.

8. Which of the following did the animal do?
(a) Strangled a woman.
(b) Stole jewelry.
(c) Smashed a window.
(d) Threw a mirror.

9. Who does Dupin believe the killer is?
(a) A tiger.
(b) An orangutan.
(c) A sailor.
(d) An unknown animal.

10. What could the police hear from outside the Rue Morgue?
(a) Crashing sounds.
(b) Screams.
(c) The sound of a car starting.
(d) Animal sounds.

11. At a single glance, what can be assumed about the windows?
(a) They are nailed shut outside.
(b) They are broken from the inside.
(c) They are nailed shut inside.
(d) They are borken from the outside.

12. What is evidence of no forced entry into the Rue Morgue?
(a) There were cobwebs over all the doors.
(b) The gate had not been opened in years.
(c) There were no windows.
(d) The doors were locked from the inside.

13. What did the animal do to the older victim?
(a) Threw her into the kitchen.
(b) Threw her out the window.
(c) Put her in a bathtub.
(d) Smashed her head on a mirror.

14. Who speaks through a translator at the court case for the murders?
(a) The policeman.
(b) The salesman.
(c) The restaurant owner.
(d) A neighbor of the victims.

15. What did each witness identify?
(a) A Swedish voice.
(b) An Italian voice.
(c) A Spanish voice.
(d) A French voice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the person of interest obtain an animal?

2. How many pieces are a part of the first evidence found in the Rue Morgue?

3. What does Dupin hope the ad will do directly?

4. Where did the man find the animal again?

5. Which of the following is definitely not a motive for the murders?

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