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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. From what type of tree was Fry's body found hanging?
(a) Oak.
(b) Ash.
(c) Locust.
(d) Maple.

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

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

4. In Chapter 8, what grade does Poe get in French class?
(a) 2.4.
(b) 2.7.
(c) 2.8.
(d) 2.0

5. What name does Landor use when he refers to a wandering cow in Chapter 1?
(a) Bethel.
(b) Eden.
(c) Hagar.
(d) Dorcas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What model flintlock does Poe find in a marble vase in Landor's cottage?

2. In Chapter 5, how long is it before Fry's parents are expected?

3. How many volumes of Poe's poetry does Hitchcock have?

4. In Chapter 3, how old is the West Point hospital?

5. Where were a cow and sheep killed by a slash to the throat and then their hearts removed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Poe think that Landor reads poetry, and how does he learn he is mistaken?

2. What is Professor Pawpaw's cottage like outside?

3. Who found Cadet Fry's body, and what does he say about finding the body?

4. Why are Thayer and Hitchcock reluctant to have Landor engage Poe to be his eyes and ears, an informer, among the cadets?

5. What luck do Poe and Landor have in deciphering the note that was found in Fry's hand?

6. How was Landor summoned to West Point in Chapter 1?

7. How is Fry's body preserved until his parents can arrive?

8. What does Landor find on Fry's body?

9. What is Landor's response when Thayer asks for his help in investigating the death and mutilation of Cadet Fry?

10. Why does Landor write to Henry Kirke Reid on October 30, 1830?

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