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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dupin find in the bank vault?
(a) Money.
(b) A corpse.
(c) Edmund's sister.
(d) A piece of string.

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

3. Where does the story take place?
(a) Chicago, Illinois.
(b) London, England.
(c) New York, New York.
(d) Providence, Rhode Island.

4. Who is Throck?
(a) A police officer.
(b) A ship's captain.
(c) A night watchman.
(d) A sailor.

5. What type of man does Edmund meet on his way home in the prologue?
(a) A detective.
(b) Frightening.
(c) Youthful.
(d) Elderly.

6. What is on the scrap of paper Edmund finds in Mrs. Whitman's house?
(a) It is a message to Mrs. Whitman.
(b) It is a message from Edmund's sister.
(c) It is a message to Dupin.
(d) It is unreadable.

7. How much money does Edmund have at the beginning of the story?
(a) A nickel.
(b) A dollar.
(c) A penny.
(d) A dime.

8. At the beginning of the story, how long have the children been alone?
(a) Ten days.
(b) Two hours.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Two days.

9. Who is Fortnoy?
(a) A police officer.
(b) A night watchman.
(c) A ship's captain.
(d) A sailor.

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

11. What does Edmund read in Dupin's notebook at the tavern?
(a) A message to Mrs. Whitman.
(b) A story based on Edmund's situation.
(c) A message to Edmund.
(d) Dupin's true identity.

12. What is the children's room like?
(a) Warm.
(b) Drafty.
(c) Dark.
(d) Unfurnished.

13. As he prepares to meet Mrs. Whitman, who does Dupin tell Edmund he believes Edmund's aunt's murderer is?
(a) Peterson.
(b) Throck.
(c) Poley.
(d) Fortnoy.

14. When Dupin goes to the courthouse, what do Thock and Fortnoy testify about?
(a) Abducting Edmund's sister.
(b) Finding Aunt Pru's body.
(c) Witnessing the bank robbery.
(d) Killing Edmund's mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Sherlock Holmes?

2. What is Edmund's sister's real name?

3. Why didn't Edmund want to leave his sister alone?

4. Where do the children live?

5. Why are the children alone at the beginning of the story?

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