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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 found a ribbon at the crime scene?
(a) The policeman.
(b) A sailor.
(c) Dupin.
(d) The Narrator.

2. What happened to the man who helped the person of interest obtain the animal?
(a) They got into a fight.
(b) He died.
(c) He wanted to kill the animal.
(d) He couldn't take the animal home with him.

3. Why did the animal need help from the person of interest?
(a) It was wounded.
(b) It was starving.
(c) It was being chased.
(d) It had babies.

4. To Dupin, what quality of the murder defies any motive?
(a) The fact that the murder is so mysterious.
(b) The fact that the victims were women.
(c) The gruesomeness.
(d) The lack of suspects.

5. Where does the narrator meet Dupin for the first time?
(a) New York.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. Describe the relationship between Dupin and the narrator.

2. Describe the first piece of evidence found at the crime scene.

3. When the news report is read by Dupin, what does he realize?

4. How did the animal act after killing the women?

5. How much money did Madame L'Espanaye pull out from the bank?

Short Essay Questions

1. Compare Dupin to the police.

2. Do you think that Dupin considers another solution to the mystery? Why or why not?

3. Why did a struggle erupt between the sailor and the orangutan?

4. Describe the way the orangutan behaved after killing the women, according to the sailor.

5. What is The Narrator's motivation in the story?

6. Describe the relationship between Dupin and The Narrator.

7. Why did the police arrest Adolphe?

8. What is determined by the testimonies at the murder trial?

9. Why does Dupin believe that the owner of the orangutan is a sailor?

10. What are Dupin's thoughts about the voices the neighbors overheard?

(see the answer keys)

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