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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. What is the only item missing after Edmund's room is ransacked?
(a) A photograph of his sister.
(b) A drawing of his aunt and mother.
(c) A drawing of his sister.
(d) A photograph of his aunt and mother.

2. What does Edmund bring with him to rescue his sister?
(a) Throck's gun.
(b) Poe's gun.
(c) Poe's knife.
(d) A kitchen knife.

3. What does Edmund's sister convince him to do in the Prologue?
(a) Look for a job.
(b) Stay inside.
(c) Go out to buy food.
(d) Beg for food.

4. How does Edmund convince Poe to help him find his sister?
(a) Complimenting him on his detective skills.
(b) Withholding his liquor.
(c) Threatening to tear up his story.
(d) Offering to help him write his story.

5. How does Edmund escape his pursuer at the docks?
(a) By pretending to have a weapon.
(b) By crawling along the underside of a wharf.
(c) By shouting out.
(d) By jumping into the harbor and swimming away.

Short Answer Questions

1. Given what he learns at the portrait studio, what does Dupin come to believe?

2. As he prepares to meet Mrs. Whitman, who does Dupin tell Edmund he believes Edmund's aunt's murderer is?

3. For what reason does Dupin believe Edmund's sister was abducted?

4. In the prologue, what does Edmund discover when he returns home?

5. This novel combines _____.

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