The Tell Tale Heart

How does the narrator feel at the opening of the story?

• Hungry
• Nervous
• Tired
• Constipated

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which of the narrator's senses was acute in the beginning of the story?

• Hearing
• Sight
• Smell
• Taste

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

From what POV is "The Tale-Tell Heart" written?

• first person
• second person
• third person limited
• third person unreliable

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

To whom is the narrator telling his story?

• The readers
• The police
• The old man
• The narrator isn't telling the story.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What does the narrator say about his senses?

• They are dull.
• They've always been very strong.
• They've been sharpened by disease.
• They are bothersome.

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.1

Which of the narrator's senses was acute in the beginning of the story?

• Hearing
• Sight
• Smell
• Taste

What did the narrator try to convince you that he was NOT?

• Stupid
• Evil
• Smart
• Mad

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

How does the narrator feel when he opens the lantern and sees the old man's open eye?

• Afraid
• Calm
• Furious
• Silly

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

How does the narrator kill the old man?

• With a pillow
• By smothering him with the heavy mattress
• By shooting him
• By strangling him with his hands

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Where does the narrator put the old man's body parts after he kills him?

• In the garden
• In the closet
• Under the florboards
• In a properly marked grave

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4