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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Poe had tea at the Marquis home, what game did he play with Artemus?
(a) Backgammon.
(b) Cards.
(c) Checkers.
(d) Chess.

2. How long does Poe say that Artemus left the parlor when Landor and Dr. Marquis were upstairs?
(a) 10 minutes.
(b) 5 minutes.
(c) A few minutes.
(d) A quarter hour.

3. How large is Artemus' quarters?
(a) 30 x 12.
(b) 38 x 14.
(c) 26 x 18.
(d) 25 x 19.

4. In Chapter 29, how many times has Landor been invited to Marshmoor?
(a) Half a dozen times.
(b) 3 or 4.
(c) 6 or 7.
(d) A dozen times.

5. In Chapter 29, what does Hitchcock pour himself while talking to Landor?
(a) Sherry.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Rum.
(d) Beer.

6. When Miss Marquis disappears and Poe finds her in a bush at the cemetery, where does she have a bruise?
(a) Shoulder.
(b) Right temple.
(c) Forearm.
(d) Left temple.

7. How long does Private Horatio Cochrane think he was gone from the hospital after a person he believed was an officer told him to report to Lieutenant Meadows' quarters?
(a) No more than a half an hour.
(b) About 45 minutes.
(c) 15 minutes.
(d) 20 minutes.

8. In Chapter 30, what ailment does Lea say that her mother has on Wednesdays?
(a) Neuralgia.
(b) Vapors.
(c) Migraine.
(d) Hysteria.

9. When Landor acosts someone in the dark in Chapter 28, what prize does he take from his struggle?
(a) Scarf.
(b) Glove.
(c) Lieutenant's bars.
(d) White collar of a priest.

10. How old does Poe look wearing a uniform and a mustache in Chapter 30?
(a) 35.
(b) 29.
(c) 31 or 33.
(d) 30 or 32.

11. In Chapter 21, who comes to see Landor?
(a) Patsy.
(b) Hitchcock.
(c) Thayer.
(d) Poe.

12. Where are several of the faculty wives going to spend the remainder of the year after the disappearance of a third cadet?
(a) Boston.
(b) New York.
(c) Worcester.
(d) Hartford.

13. In Chapter 28, how long does Poe say he was at the University of Virginia?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 11 months.

14. How many years are covered by the diary Mrs. Fry gives Landor?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

15. When Poe heard Lea and Artemis arguing in the backyard, where did he hide to overhear their conversation?
(a) Plum tree.
(b) Pear tree.
(c) Apple tree.
(d) Crabapple tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does a local fisherman report that he took Cadet Stoddard?

2. In Chapter 24, who is the first family member to greet Landor when he arrives at the Marquis house?

3. What is Lea doing when Landor first sees her in Chapter 24?

4. At the end of Chapter 26, what does Mrs. Marquis ask her husband to bring to drink?

5. In Poe's report dated December 8th, at what time does he think it is when he sees Gee's Point?

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