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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What model flintlock does Poe find in a marble vase in Landor's cottage?

2. When did Poe's mother come to America?

3. In Chapter 75, what is Poe's ranking out of a class of 80?

4. What is Poe's monthly stipend?

5. In Chapter 9, how many lines of the note that was in Fry's hand does Poe believe he has deciphered?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Fry's body preserved until his parents can arrive?

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

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

4. In Poe's report of November 11, who comes to check on him when he reports that he is sick?

5. How does Poe meet Landor in Chapter 9?

6. What is Landor's response when Thayer asks for his help in investigating the death and mutilation of Cadet Fry?

7. What does Landor find on Fry's body?

8. Why is Landor summoned to West Point?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Setting is the place or places where a story happens. Where does The Pale Blue Eye take place? How do characters feel about the various settings and why?

Essay Topic 2

Personification is a type of figurative language that assigns human characteristics to inanimate objects. How does the Bayard use personification in the book? How does the use of personification assist readers in imagining scenes and objects?

Essay Topic 3

Mr. Allan comments that he never believes anything Poe says. Is Poe a serial liar? Is he ever honest and forthcoming?

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