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

2. In Chapter 2, where does Landor meet with Thayer and Hitchcock?

3. In Chapter 13, what does Professor Pawpaw serve Landor?

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

5. Where were a cow and sheep killed by a slash to the throat and then their hearts removed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Poe meet Landor in Chapter 9?

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

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

4. Why is Landor summoned to West Point?

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

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

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

8. What is Professor Pawpaw's library like?

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

10. What does Landor find on Fry's body?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Landor is selected to investigate a murder at West Point. Why is Landor selected to investigate Fry’s death and mutilation?

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

The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of The Pale Blue Eye and why is that incident the climax?

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