The Tell Tale Heart (Reading Comprehension)

What does dissimulation mean based on context: "... how wisely I proceeded - with what caution- with what foresight-with what dissimulation I went to work!"

• being honest

• hiding one's true feelings

• influencing others

• trickery

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RL.8.4

What time of night did the servant (aka the narrator) enter the man's bedroom?

• 10pm

• midnight

• 1am

• never

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

how many nights did the narrator enter the room before the act?

• 1

• 7 days

• 8 days

• 6 days

What caused the murder?

• the old man was rude and cruel

• the servant wanted the treasure

• the police

• the evil eye

what is "sagacity" based on context "Never before that night had I felt the extent of my own powers - of my sagacity."

• sane judgement

• excitement

• acute ability

• fear

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RL.8.4

How did the narrator know the old man's groan was a groan of "mortal terror"?

• He was already killing him

• it was a common known sound from that time

• the old man groaned "i am scared"

• he had felt it before

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.4

What did the Evil Eye look like?

• it was beautiful and shiny

• blue with a coated veil over it

• green and glowing

• it was black and could see into a person's soul

Before the murder, who's heart is the narrator hearing?

• his own heart

• the old man's heart

• both hearts

• it is an imagination

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

How was the body hidden?

• under the bed with lots of sheet

• cut up and under the floor

• buried in the garden

• cut up the body and put in different places

How long did it take the old man to be murdered and cleaned up?

• 1 day

• 4 hours

• 8 hours

• 1 week