The Tell-Tale Heart Practice Test

What is the title of the story?

• "The Tell-Tale Heart"

• "The Tattle-Telling Heart"

• "The Old-Tale Heart"

• "The Old Man's Heart"

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Who is the author of the story?

• Edgar Allan Poe

• Edgar Poe

• Edward Albert Poe

• Edgar Allan

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What type of text is the story?

• a short story

• a book

• a poem

• an expository essay

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which point-of-view is the story told in?

• first person

• second person

• third person

• first and third person

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which of the narrator's senses does he say is most acute?

• hearing

• sight (seeing)

• touch (feeling)

• taste

What question does the narrator ask the reader?

• "Why will you say that I am mad?"

• "Why are the police here?"

• "I loved the old man."

• "Why will you say that I am crazy?"

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Why does the narrator want to kill the old man?

• the old man's eye vexed him

• he wants the old man's gold

• the old man hurt him

• the narrator is crazy

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

About what time did the narrator spy on the old man?

• midnight

• 10:00 at night

• morning

• afternoon

How many nights in total did the narrator spy on the old man?

• 7 nights

• 8 nights

• 1 night

• 6 nights

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Why couldn't the narrator kill the old man during one of the 7 nights?

• the old man was awake

• the eye wasn't open

• there were robbers outside

• the police showed up

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.3