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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 19-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While Dupin is at Mrs. Whitman's home, what does Captain Elias tell Edmund at the docks?
(a) Elias witnessed Fortnoy committing murder.
(b) Captain Elias found the body floating in the harbor.
(c) Fortnoy found the body floating in the harbor.
(d) Elias suspects Fortnoy of foul play.

2. At the end of the story, how has Edmund changed?
(a) He is more child-like.
(b) He is more adult.
(c) He is more trusting.
(d) He is more Irresponsible.

3. What does Dupin NOT tell Edmund about his mother?
(a) She is dead.
(b) She sent an urgent message to her sister.
(c) She followed her husband to Providence.
(d) She has been held captive by Rachett.

4. As Edmund is spying on Dupin near the cemetery, whom does he see emerge from the Hotel American House and enter Mrs. Whitman's house?
(a) Throck.
(b) Rachett.
(c) Fortnoy.
(d) Peterson.

5. Where is Edmund reunited with his mother?
(a) In a saloon.
(b) In a bank.
(c) In a church.
(d) In a cemetery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dupin use to decipher the encoded message Edmund found at Mrs. Whitman's house?

2. To whom does Edmund give the second letter that Dupin asks him to deliver?

3. What happens to the ship Edmund's sister was on?

4. What does the piece of paper that is slipped under the door of Edmund's room tell Dupin?

5. What does Poe tell Edmund about his sister at the end of the story?

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