Edgar Allan Poe - "The Gold Bug"

 Another good title for this story might be

• a.  Jupiiter's Fear
• b.  The Left Eye of the Skull
• c. Two Skeletons
• The Strange Madness of William Legrand

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  When Jupiter climbs out along the branch of the tree, he finds a 

• a. gold bug
• b.  skull
• c.  treasure
• d. dead bird

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The men guess the treasure to be worth

• very little
• fifty thousand dollars
• a million and a half dollars
• five million dollars

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What pun helps Legrand solve the code?

• The picture of the kid and Captain Kidd
• The rhyme of goat and boat
• The gold bug and the gold of the treasure
• The rhyme of Legrand and hand

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The code phrase "bishop's hostel" refers to 

• an old hotel
• a church
•  a large rock
• a 50-room castle

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The code phrase "bishop's hostel" refers to 

• an old hotel
• a church
•  a large rock
• a 50-room castle

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The narrator begins to dig eagerly the second time because Legrand

• would kill him if he didn't
• seems sure and determined
• is tired of doing all the work
• has sent Jupiter away

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LeGrand's mind works most like the mind of a 

• sailor
• murderer
• pirate
• detective

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An illogical part of the story is that 

• a dog jumps into the narrator's lap at the beginning of the story
• Legrand sends Jupiter to buy the equipment
• Jupiter finds that a branch of the tree is rotten
• Legrand doesn't tell the narrator about the code until after they find the treasure

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When they were digging the first hole, the narrator said that although he was puzzled he "began to dig with a good will".  He would have meant the same thing if he had said that he began to dig 

• slowly
• eagerly
• quickly
• sadly

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