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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Landor meet Poe?
(a) Commandant Hitchcock's office.
(b) The Plain.
(c) Colonel Thayer's office.
(d) By a pear tree.

2. What color is Fry's body turning in Chapter 13?
(a) Blue.
(b) White.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Green.

3. How large is Landor's cottage?
(a) 25 feet long and 19 feet broad.
(b) 24 feet long and 16 feet broad.
(c) 20 feet long and 18 feet broad.
(d) 26 feet long and 20 feet broad.

4. In Chapter 13, what does Professor Pawpaw serve Landor?
(a) Baked pear.
(b) Tea.
(c) Cookies.
(d) Baked apple.

5. In Chapter 10, who does Patsy remember that Fry would come into the bar with?
(a) Benjamin and Mark.
(b) Moses and Tench.
(c) David and Andrew.
(d) Joseph and Rupert.

6. In Chapter 2, where does Landor meet with Thayer and Hitchcock?
(a) 1st floor.
(b) Basement.
(c) Hitchcock's office.
(d) Thayer's office.

7. When was the body of Cadet Fry removed?
(a) Between 2 and 4 a.m.
(b) Between Midnight and 1:30 a.m.
(c) Between 4 and 5 a.m.
(d) Between 2:30 and 3 a.m.

8. In Chapter 11, where does Landor remember a farrier was branded with one of his own irons?
(a) Forehead.
(b) Chest.
(c) Forearm.
(d) Back.

9. In Chapter 5, how long is it before Fry's parents are expected?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 8 days.
(d) 3 weeks.

10. How much time passes before Landor hears from Poe again in Chapter 15?
(a) A week.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 5 days.

11. In Chapter 9, how many lines of the note that was in Fry's hand does Poe believe he has deciphered?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

12. On November 11 when Poe goes to his quarter pretending to be sick, what time does Captain Hitchcock come to check on him?
(a) 9:30 a.m.
(b) Around 11 a.m.
(c) Shortly after 10 a.m.
(d) 10:15 a.m.

13. In Chapter 14, how long ago does Landor remember seeing Eliza Poe on stage?
(a) 18 years.
(b) 27 years.
(c) 23 years.
(d) 21 years.

14. In Chapter 7, how many demerits does Stoddard have?
(a) 100.
(b) 90.
(c) 75.
(d) 120.

15. When Landor tells Poe about a camp meeting he attended with his father, how long after the meeting does Landor say the pastor ran away with a woman?
(a) 8 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 12 months.
(d) 10 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what direction does Landor walk while he debates whether to investigate Cadet Fry's missing heart?

2. How much was Poe in the arrears after playing cards with Artemus Marquis and his associates?

3. In Chapter 10, how old is Landor?

4. What name does Landor use when he refers to a wandering cow in Chapter 1?

5. How long has it been since Landor's wife died in Chapter 16?

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