The tell tale heart

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.8.6

What is it about the old man that bothers the narrator?

• His personality
• His face
• His home
• His eye

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.6

How does the narrator describe the eye?

• He says it is beautiful.
• He says it is very focused.
• He says it is the eye of a vulture.
• He says it is all-seeing.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

What does the narrator resolve to do to the old man?

• quit working for him
• murder him
• leave his house
• gouge his eye out

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.3

Does the narrator hate the old man?

• yes
• no

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.6

What does the narrator do each night?

• He sneaks out of the house.
• He watches the old man while he sleeps.
• He hides in the attic. 
• He stares out the window.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

How does the narrator act towards the old man during the day?

• He is rude to him.
• He is abusive to him.
• He ignores him.
• He is friendly and kind.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

What happens on the eighth night?

• The old man hears the narrator and sits up in bed.
• The old man sleeps peacefully as the narrator smothers him.
• The narrator simply watches the mans sleep again.
• The old man hides beneath the covers.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.W.7.9A

What does the narrator think he hears when the police arrive?

• The police

• The neighbors

• His own heartbeat

• The old man's heartbeat

How does the narrator kill the old man?

• He smothers him with the blanket.

• He stabs him.

• He hits him over the head.

• He poisons him.