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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. Where does Landor kick Ballinger in Chapter 20?
(a) Chest.
(b) Temple.
(c) Stomach.
(d) Back.

2. How large is Artemus' quarters?
(a) 25 x 19.
(b) 26 x 18.
(c) 30 x 12.
(d) 38 x 14.

3. How is Ballinger's body mutilated after he is hanged?
(a) Heart removed and head chopped off.
(b) Heart removed and tongue cut out.
(c) Heart removed and limbs cut off.
(d) Heart removed and he is castrated.

4. In what type of tree was Ballinger's body found?
(a) Birch.
(b) Chestnut.
(c) Oak.
(d) Aspen.

5. How long does Poe say that Artemus left the parlor when Landor and Dr. Marquis were upstairs?
(a) 5 minutes.
(b) A quarter hour.
(c) A few minutes.
(d) 10 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Poe met Miss Marquis in the cemetery, what color bonnet was she wearing?

2. In Chapter 25, what is Landor attacked with at the Marquis house?

3. How did Lea give Poe a note at the dinner party?

4. In Chapter 29, what does Hitchcock pour himself while talking to Landor?

5. How long have the Marquis family lived at the Academy in Chapter 24?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Hitchcock think that Poe is a suspect in the murders?

2. What happens when Hitchcock and Landor search Artemus' room?

3. Who is escorting Lea Marquis to Gouverneur Kemble's gathering in Chapter 30?

4. What does Landor find in Artemus' closet, and what happens when someone comes in the room while he is investigating?

5. What does Dr. Marquis say about the heart Hitchcock and Landor find in Artemus' woodbox?

6. How did Lea come to take Poe for a sleigh ride?

7. Who is Gouverneur Kemble?

8. Where does the Marquis family live?

9. Whose uniform does Dr. Marquis say was in the back of Artemus' closet?

10. What arrangements are made at Benny Havens' establishment for times when one of Thayer's men would come looking for cadets?

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