The Tell Tale Heart Review

What does the narrator say that his disease has done to him?

• gave him a headache

• drove him mad

• made his heart beat loudly

• sharpened his senses

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.4

The narrator waits a week before killing the old man because the narrator

• is only there once a week

• the old man was out of town

• says that he must see the old man’s eye first.

• the police were watching

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

You can evaluate the narrator’s state of mind as unreliable when he

• says he is sane, but then describes how cleverly he hid the body

• describes his movements on the night of the murder.

• confesses that he is nervous in the beginning of the story.

• uses the word, "mad," in stead of "crazy"

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

The author creates suspense by

• not letting the reader know what will happen next

• describing what the narrator did before the murder.

• using interjections to catch the reader off guard

• never revealing who the killer is

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.6

Why is the narrator upset with the police at the end of the story?

• They weren't impressed with how cleverly he hid the body

• He discovered they were actually responsible for the death of the old man

• They did not understand why the narrator killed the old man

• He thinks the police are making fun of him.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.6

To conceive of something is to

• think of it

• tell about it

• dream about it

• walk toward it.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

Vex means to

• plan

• wake

• annoy

• scream

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does stifle mean?

• surprise

• shout

• frighten

• smother

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

What does derision mean?

• ridicule

• madness

• murder

• pain

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Audacity means

• scornful mockery

• fierce hostility

• shameless daring

• overwhelming terror

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.L.8.5C