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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 is Ballinger's body mutilated after he is hanged?
(a) Heart removed and tongue cut out.
(b) Heart removed and limbs cut off.
(c) Heart removed and head chopped off.
(d) Heart removed and he is castrated.

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

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

4. In what type of tree was Ballinger's body found?
(a) Oak.
(b) Chestnut.
(c) Birch.
(d) Aspen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 24, what does Mrs. Marquis serve for dinner?

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

3. In Poe's report dated November 17, where did Miss Marquis ask her to meet him?

4. How long after Poe's father left his mother was his sister born?

5. Other than the poem Lea writes for him, how many other poems has Poe received in Chapter 27?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Landor find in Artemus' closet, and what happens when someone comes in the room while he is investigating?

2. Who is Gouverneur Kemble?

3. During Poe's visit to the Marquis home for tea, what invitation did he extend to Miss Marquis, and what was her response?

4. Why does Landor have Captain Hitchcock call Artemus into his office in Chapter 27?

5. What lies does Landor learn that Poe has told?

6. In Chapter 24, how does Landor describe Lea Marquis?

7. What does Dr. Marquis say about the heart Hitchcock and Landor find in Artemus' woodbox?

8. What happens when Hitchcock and Landor search Artemus' room?

9. Who is escorting Lea Marquis to Gouverneur Kemble's gathering in Chapter 30?

10. Why does Hitchcock think that Poe is a suspect in the murders?

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