Man who was Poe
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| According to Edmund, where is Aunty? | Looking for his mother
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| Why does Sis want Edmund to leave the tenement? | To get them some food
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| Where are Edmund and sis from? | London
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| What happens when Edmund returned to the tenement from getting something to eat for Sis and himself? | Sis was gone
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| Who is Mr. Dupin? | Edgar Allen Poe
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| What was the fairy tale Sis was reading at the beginning of the book? | Hansel and Gretel
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| What does Dupin do for a living? | Writes stories
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| Why was the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel important? | He found a clue that he thought was just like the story.
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| What happened at Providence Bank? | There was a robbery of California gold.
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| What did the note say that was slipped under the door of Edmund's tenement? | Meddle at Your Peril
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| In chapter 4, Avi reveals that Sis and Edmund are what? | Twins - and twins run in the family
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| What are some similarities between Edgar Allen Poe and Edmund's life histories? | Both have lost fathers, both have someone named "Sis" in their families
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| Who is Mrs. Whitman? | Mrs. Powers' mother
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| What ship does Fortnoy serve as a watchman? | The Lady Liberty
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| Who does Mrs. Powers want her daughter to marry? | Mr. Arnold
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| What is the "senseless theft" of Edmund's apartment? | A portrait of Mum and Aunty Pru
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| The vault door being described as "tight as a coffin lid" is an example of what literary device? | simile
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| A recurrent element or pattern in a story is called a motif. What is one motif in this story? | Dupin's obsession with death
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| Why is it important to Mr. Dupin that the two women are twins? | He now realizes the dead woman on the dock could be Edmund's mother. It also explains the "ghost" he saw at the cemetery.
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| Why does the statement about "lies having truths" help Edmund? | He realizes that Sunrise is a boat not an event.
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| Why does Poe insist Sis is dead? | He wants her to die in his story
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| At the end of the story, who shows up to help Edmund at the dock? | Throck and Poe
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| What does Sis do to escape from Peterson? | Jumps in the water
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| What happens to Mr. Ratchett and Mr. Peterson at the end of the story? | Their boat crashed
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