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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue: Something About Edgar Allan Poe.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Poe believe he will not marry Mrs. Whitman at the end of the novel?
(a) It doesn't fit into his story.
(b) He believes she has lost interest in him.
(c) Too many people oppose their union.
(d) He has lost interest.

2. When they investigate the room that faces Edmund's room, what do Edmund and Dupin find?
(a) A large sum of money.
(b) A written message from Edmund's sister.
(c) A trail of blood.
(d) A button from Edmund's sister's shoe.

3. Where did Poe grow up?
(a) Richmond, Virginia.
(b) London, England.
(c) Providence, Rhode Island.
(d) Chicago, Illinois.

4. Why didn't Edmund want to leave his sister alone?
(a) She is too young.
(b) She is ill.
(c) The neighborhood is unsafe.
(d) Someone threatens to kidnap her.

5. In Dupin and Throck's first meeting, what does Throck tell Dupin he has been hired to do?
(a) Find a relative of Edmund's.
(b) Murder Edmund's sister.
(c) Murder Edmund.
(d) Solve the bank robbery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the man who hits Edmund with a gun?

2. What does Poe believe when he first sees Edmund with his mother?

3. What is on the scrap of paper Edmund finds in Mrs. Whitman's house?

4. How are the children feeling when the novel begins?

5. How do the kidnappers plan to use Edmund's sister?

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