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

2. What time did Epaphras Huntoon get off duty the night he found Fry's body?

3. What is the circumference of the bump on the back of Fry's head?

4. What letters does Poe notice in scorch marks in the icehouse in Chapter 11?

5. In Chapter 7, how many demerits does Stoddard have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What luck do Poe and Landor have in deciphering the note that was found in Fry's hand?

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

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

4. What is Professor Pawpaw's library like?

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

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

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

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

9. Who is Professor Pawpaw?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Landor and Poe are able to deduce information by observation. How are Landor and Poe able to use deduction when working on the investigation? What role do observation and analyses play in their ability to figure out what is going on?

Essay Topic 3

An allusion is a figure of speech that does not directly refer to a person, place, or thing. What are some allusions in The Pale Blue Eye? Why might it be difficult to decipher an allusion just by the context of a passage in a book? How do the allusions Bayard uses help readers’ understanding of characters or concepts?

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