The Tell-Tale Heart

What is the reason the narrator gives for wanting to kill the old man?

• He wants the old man's gold.

• The old man is mean to him.

• He mad smelly.

• He doesn't like the old man's eye.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

Which best summarizes the narrator's argument in the third paragraph?

• He argues that he is not angry because he has been checking on the old man while he sleeps

• He argues that he is not crazy because he has been very kind to the old man.

• He argues that he is not angry because he has been bringing the old man his lantern every night.

• He argues that he is not crazy because he plotted the murder very carefully.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.SL.8.3

According to the narrator, why does he fail to kill the old man the first seven nights?

• The narrator's lantern woke the old man

• The narrator felt bad about what he was doing.

• The old man was sleeping with both of his eyes closed

• The old man awoke at the sound of the creaking door.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

Which statement does NOT apply to the narrator

• He is impatient.

• He is insane.

• He is tricky.

• He is careful.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which figurative language technique is used in the following sentence? "Yes, he was stone, stone dead."

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

From what perspective is the story narrated?

• Third Person

• Second Person

• First Person

• Imma Person

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CCSS.RL.8.6

What sound causes the narrator to hasten or rush the murder of the old man?

• The old man's cell phone notifications

• The old man's heart

• The narrator's thumb slipping on the lantern

• The clock ticking

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why do the police officers come to the narrator's home?

• They heard a loud noise while out on patrol.

• They are responding to reports of an escaped mental patient in the area.

• A neighbor contacted the police after hearing a scream.

• They was mad hungry.

Which of the following is NOT one of the steps that the narrator took to cover up his crime?

• He charms the police officers and tells them lies.

• He chops up the old man's body in the bathtub.

• He burns the clothes that he was wearing.

• He puts the old man's body under the floorboard.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.W.8.9A

How does the narrator get caught?

• The police officers trick the narrator into admitting his guilt.

• A witness told the police officers what happened.

• He taped the whole thing on SnapChat by accident.

• The narrator confesses because he hears noises in his head.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.W.8.9A