The Tell-Tale Heart

What is our first impression of the narrator?

• He's a kind, old man.
• He's very passionate about caring for the old man.
• He is unreliable.
• He is a comedian.

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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.7.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

From what POV is "The Tale-Tell Heart" written?

• first person
• second person
• third person limited
• third person unreliable

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

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.7.6

CCSS.RL.7.1

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.7.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

For how many evenings does the narrator sneak into the old man's room?

• three
• four
• eighteen
• eight

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CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

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CCSS.RI.7.10

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.7.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

How does the narrator kill the old man?

• He smothers him with the mattress.
• He stabs him.
• He hits him over the head.
• He poisons him.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

Why doesn't the narrator fear being caught?

• He is actually a police officer himself.
• He flees the scene of the crime.
• He didn't actually do it.
• He is sure he hid the body well.

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Whose heartbeat does the narrator really hear?

• the old man's
• his own
• the cops' 
• the neighbors'

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CCSS.RL.8.1