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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end, what does Edmund come to realize about Poe's agenda?
(a) He is mainly concerned with courting Mrs. Whitman.
(b) He is mainly concerned with giving up alcohol.
(c) He is mainly concerned with his story.
(d) He is mainly concerned with helping Edmund.

2. Given what he learns at the portrait studio, what does Dupin come to believe?
(a) Either Edmund's aunt or his mother is still alive.
(b) Edmund's aunt is still alive.
(c) Both Edmund's aunt and his mother are dead.
(d) Edmund's mother is still alive.

3. What does Poe's style of courting Mrs. Whitman reflect?
(a) His fierce determination.
(b) His lack of inner drive.
(c) His fear of failure.
(d) His careful weighing of his options.

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) Rachett.
(b) Throck.
(c) Peterson.
(d) Fortnoy.

5. What truth does Edmund demand of Poe before they part ways?
(a) Whether he was really trying to save Sis.
(b) Whether he is really a writer.
(c) Whether he really had a wife named Sis.
(d) Whether his name is really Poe.

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

7. This novel combines _____.
(a) True historical details about Poe and true details about Poe's fictional characters.
(b) True details about Poe and made-up details about Poe's fictional characters.
(c) A made-up character named Poe with other real authors' fictional characters.
(d) A made-up character named Poe with made-up characters.

8. When they return to Edmund's room after Edmund is attacked, what does Dupin tell Edmund to find?
(a) His wallet.
(b) The newspaper the food is wrapped in.
(c) His notebook.
(d) An encoded message.

9. With whom is Dupin's second encounter at the cemetery?
(a) Edmund.
(b) Mrs. Powers.
(c) Mrs. Whitman.
(d) Throck.

10. What does another of the notices say?
(a) Arnold can be reached at the Providence Bank.
(b) Arnold is demanding a ransom for Edmund's sister.
(c) Arnold is demanding a ransom for Edmund's mother.
(d) Arnold resides at the Hotel American House.

11. For what reason does Dupin believe Edmund's sister was abducted?
(a) So she could lead Rachett to Edward's mother.
(b) So she could lead Edmund out of his room.
(c) So she could assist with the bank robbery.
(d) So she could be held for ransom.

12. How does Throck convince Poe to help him and Edmund find Edmund's sister?
(a) Bribing him.
(b) Withholding his liquor.
(c) Giving him liquor.
(d) Threatening to tear up his story.

13. What does Dupin find in the mausoleum?
(a) A sleeping bag.
(b) Edmund's sister.
(c) A coffin.
(d) A straw mattress.

14. When Edmund figures out where his sister is, who accompanies him to rescue her?
(a) Edmund's mother.
(b) Poe.
(c) No one.
(d) Throck.

15. What is Dupin surprised to learn that Captain Elias told Edmund?
(a) Fortnoy was keeping watch at the time of the murder.
(b) The Lady Liberty does not exist.
(c) Captain Elias was keeping watch at the time of the murder.
(d) The S.S. Freedom does not exist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Whitman ask Dupin to do in front of her guests?

2. What does Poe do with his story before walking away?

3. What does Dupin see from the bell tower?

4. What does seeing himself in Edmund lead Poe to do?

5. With whom is Dupin's first encounter at the cemetery?

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