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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. How old was Poe when he swam seven and a half miles in the James River?
(a) 15.
(b) 18.
(c) 16.
(d) 17.

2. What was the name of Landor's wife?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Amelia.
(c) Louisa.
(d) Betsy.

3. How many years did Poe serve in the Army before coming to West Point?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

4. In what direction does Landor walk while he debates whether to investigate Cadet Fry's missing heart?
(a) South.
(b) East.
(c) North.
(d) West.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At Professor Pawpaw's cottage, on what type of dead tree are birdcages?

2. Where was Cadet Fry's body found when it reappeared?

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

4. How much time passes before Landor hears from Poe again in Chapter 15?

5. When does Loughborough remember Fry left and asked him to cover him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. In Chapter 10, what does Patsy remember about Leroy Fry?

8. Why does Landor converse with a steward at the mess hall in Chapter 16?

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

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

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