The Black Cat

What is the name of the black cat?

• Mickey

• Pluto

• Mittens

• Daisy

2.  The narrator blames his change in mood and behavior on

• a.   a brain tumor
• b.   alcohol
• c.  a curse put on him
• d.  his wife divorcing him

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3.  What  did the narrator hang in the garden?

• a.  the cat
• b.  a rabbit
• c.  a dog
• d.  the narrator's wife

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4. What happened to the narrator's first house?

• a. it was foreclosed on, and he was evicted.

• b. it was burglarized

• c. it was destroyed by a flood

• d. it burned down, except one wall.

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5.  The story alludes to the superstition that cats are really

• a.  witches in disguise
• b.  our dead ancestors
• c.  the ghost of murdered people
• d.  not good pets to have

6.   What is ironic about the two cats?

• a.  they both scratch the narrator
• b.  they both have only one eye 
• c.  they are both killed by the narrator
• d.  they both have a white patch on their chest

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9.  Who or what did the narrator kill with an axe?

• a.  the cat
• b.  the narrator's wife
• c.  the rabbit
• d.  the dog

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10.  Where did the police find the narrator's second cat?

• a.  down a storm drain
• b.  hanging from a tree, like the first cat
• c.  inside the wall with the body of the narrator's wife
• d.  on the roof of the house

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The one trait that differed from the second cat to Pluto was 

• a splotch of white fur on his underside
• its tail would not twitch
• Pluto has white hair below his chin
• Pluto's purr was silent

From where does the narrator write?

• Prison
• the chapel
• his home
• the graveyard

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