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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, at what hotel is Landor staying?

2. In what direction does Landor walk while he debates whether to investigate Cadet Fry's missing heart?

3. In what ward of the West Point hospital is Fry's body?

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

5. In Chapter 11, where does Landor remember a farrier was branded with one of his own irons?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Landor summoned to West Point?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why is Landor staying at Mr. Cozzens' hotel in Chapter 4?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Landor recruits Poe to become an informant. How and why does Landor recruit Poe to be his assistant in the investigation?

Essay Topic 2

Poe is very taken with Lea when he first meets her. Are his feelings love or infatuation?

Essay Topic 3

Poe is removed from the investigation. How and why is Poe removed from the murder investigation?

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