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I'm reading this (<---) book. The book consists of the seven stories. And there are some questions in the end. 

THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM 
1 How does the storyteller first find out about the pit? 
He crawled straight ahead - across the floor of the cell, while his hand went down. 

2 How is Time going to kill the storyteller? 
The storyteller was tied and under him was a pendulum with a pointed blade. The blade moved slowly, backward and forward. 

3 How many seconds pass between each swing of the pendulum at the end of the torture?
Eight seconds passed between each swing of the pendulum 

4 How do the rats help the storyteller? 
Rats ate his the rope.



THE GOLD BUG 
1 Describe William Legrand. 
His man was rich, but he lost his money. He had no family. He had a good education. He didn't like meeting with people. 

2 How is fire important in this story? 
The fire helped to see a letter. The letter was a secret of pirate and consist of clues where hide treasures. 

3 What are the two meanings for "a glass"? 
a glass - material for example glass bottle
and a glass, as a telescope 

4 What are: ( a ) the death's head ( b ) the devil's seat ( c ) a pickax ( d ) a tape measure? 
the death's head is a skull
the devil's seat is a cliff
a pickax  - is the tool for digger
a tape measure - is the tool for measuring. 

5 Why does Legrand think that the number 8 is E? 
Because E - is most frequently in the spelling of English words,  and the number 8 appears often in the letter. 

6 Look again at the code. What does this message mean?
°6(5;8)3‡0†8*;(85)?(8

pirates golden treasure 

THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF MR VALDEMAR 
1 Mr.Valdemar wants to be hypnotized. Why? 
He thinks he can help some patient is an illness in their mind use to hypnotism. 

2 Why does the storyteller hold a mirror to Mr. Valdemar's lips? 
It's a way to check live or died a man. 

3 Why will the doctor not sign the death certificate? 
Because the Mr. Valdemar's is live, he sleeps.

4 When does the storyteller end the hypnotism? Why? 
The storyteller decided sleep of death was wrong. 

5 What happens next?
Mr. Valdemar's died, he disappeared. His body became liquid. 




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