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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How large is Landor's cottage?
(a) 20 feet long and 18 feet broad.
(b) 25 feet long and 19 feet broad.
(c) 26 feet long and 20 feet broad.
(d) 24 feet long and 16 feet broad.

2. How large is the circle of indentations that Landor and Poe find in the icehouse in Chapter 11?
(a) 8 feet.
(b) 10 feet.
(c) 13 feet.
(d) 5 feet.

3. Where did Huntoon run after he ran into Fry's body?
(a) North Barracks.
(b) West Barracks.
(c) South Barracks.
(d) East Barracks.

4. Where were a cow and sheep killed by a slash to the throat and then their hearts removed?
(a) Verplanck.
(b) Ladentown.
(c) Haverstraw.
(d) Stony Point.

5. How many volumes of Poe's poetry does Hitchcock have?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the cadet for whom Poe writes letters to the cadet's fiancee?

2. In Chapter 4, at what hotel is Landor staying?

3. What is the penalty for a cadet leaving his barracks after hours?

4. Who does Stoddard remember in his family slit his throat?

5. How tall is Artemus Marquis?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 10, what does Patsy remember about Leroy Fry?

2. What is Professor Pawpaw's library like?

3. Why is Landor staying at Mr. Cozzens' hotel in Chapter 4?

4. Why is Landor summoned to West Point?

5. How does Poe meet Landor in Chapter 9?

6. Why has Superintendent Thayer not called in the military authorities to investigate the death and mutilation of Cadet Fry?

7. Who was de Lancre, and what did he write that seemed to have relevance to the Fry case?

8. Why does Landor converse with a steward at the mess hall in Chapter 16?

9. Who is Professor Pawpaw?

10. Why does Poe think that Landor reads poetry, and how does he learn he is mistaken?

(see the answer keys)

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