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Tell Tale Heart

Authored by Taniya Bland

English

7th Grade - University

CCSS covered

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

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Which detail should be included in a summary of the story?

The narrator murders the old man.
The Old Man was snoring when the narrator crept in to his room.
The officers chatted about familiar things.
The narrator is male.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

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Which line foreshadows the Old Man's fate?

The narrator says the eye is pale blue with a film over it.
The narrator claims not to have touched the Old Man's gold.
The narrator says that the Old Man comforting himself was, "All in vain."
The narrator says that he can hear the Old Man's heart.

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.K.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Which of the following best describes the narrator?

He is an old man with a sickly eye.
He is a kind man who keeps ravens as pets.
A madman obsessed with another man's sickly eye
He is a lonely man without any friends.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

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Why is it important that the officers stay so long in the house?

to show how friendly they are.
to characterize the them as bad at their jobs.
to provide enough time for the Old Man's body to decompose.
to provide enough time for the narrator to become upset and confess.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.K.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

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How does the narrator kill the Old Man?

He smothers him.
He stabs him.
He shoots him.
He drowns him.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What causes the neighbor to alert the police?

The neighbor heard a loud "thump."
The neighbor heard a dog barking.
The neighbor heard a shriek in the night.
The Old Man had been missing for a week.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.K.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What does the narrator really hear at the end of the story?

A watch ticking
His own heartbeat
The old man's heartbeat
The police laughing at him.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

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