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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. In Chapter 16, what is the name of one the stewards Landor speaks to during mess?
(a) Rufus.
(b) Cesar.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Martin.

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

3. How much shorter was Fry than Landor?
(a) A couple inches.
(b) 3 or 4 inches.
(c) An inch or two.
(d) 2 or 3 inches.

4. What time did Epaphras Huntoon get off duty the night he found Fry's body?
(a) 11 p.m.
(b) 9:30 p.m.
(c) 10 p.m.
(d) Midnight.

5. What time of day do young women pace Flirtation Walk?
(a) 6 p.m.
(b) 4 p.m.
(c) 3 p.m.
(d) 5 p.m.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. From what type of tree was Fry's body found hanging?

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

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has Superintendent Thayer not called in the military authorities to investigate the death and mutilation of Cadet Fry?

2. Who was de Lancre, and what did he write that seemed to have relevance to the Fry case?

3. Who is Professor Pawpaw?

4. In Poe's report of November 11, who comes to check on him when he reports that he is sick?

5. What was the only mistress that Landor's wife, Amelia, feared?

6. In Chapter 7, after Landor interviews the men who knew Leroy Fry, who does Landor ask back for more questioning and why?

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

8. How is Landor innundated by people from his past in "Last Testament of Gus Landor"?

9. How does Poe meet Landor in Chapter 9?

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

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