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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. What instrument did Lea Marquis play when Poe had tea with the Marquis household?
(a) Violin.
(b) Pianoforte.
(c) Harpsichord.
(d) Cello.

2. In Chapter 21, what time is Landor to meet Hitchcock to discuss Ballinger's death?
(a) 9:30 a.m.
(b) 8 a.m.
(c) 8:30 a.m.
(d) 9 a.m.

3. What did Miss Marquis say that she saw in Poe's face when he rescued her in the cemetery?
(a) Love.
(b) Compassion.
(c) Affection.
(d) Friendship.

4. What time does Mrs. Marquis invite Landor to a dinner party in Chapter 23?
(a) 6:30 p.m.
(b) 6 p.m.
(c) 7 p.m.
(d) 7:30 p.m.

5. How large is the trip hammer at West Point Foundry?
(a) 5 ton.
(b) 7 ton.
(c) 2 ton.
(d) 8 ton.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 26, what does Mrs. Marquis ask her husband to bring to drink?

2. In Chapter 28, where are a colony of mice living at Benny Havens'?

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

4. In Chapter 24, who is the first family member to greet Landor when he arrives at the Marquis house?

5. What color are Mis Marquis' eyes?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Private Horatio Cochrane leave his post when he was to guard Fry's body the night Fry was killed?

4. Why does Landor have Captain Hitchcock call Artemus into his office in Chapter 27?

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

6. Why does Poe believe that the dead haunt the living?

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

8. How is Ballinger killed?

9. What conversation does Landor have with Mrs. Fry at her son's funeral?

10. Why does Landor believe Cadet Stoddard has left West Point and run away?

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