The Tell-Tale Heart

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 does the narrator say about his senses?

• They are dull.
• They've always been very strong.
• They've been sharpened by disease.
• They are bothersome.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

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

What does the narrator resolve to do to the old man?

• quit working for him
• murder him
• leave his house
• gouge his eye out

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Does the narrator hate the old man?

• yes
• no

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What does the narrator do each night?

• He sneaks out of the house.
• He watches the old man while he sleeps.
• He hides in the attic. 
• He stares out the window.

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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.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

What happens on the eighth night?

• The old man hears the narrator and sits up in bed.
• The old man sleeps peacefully as the narrator smothers him.
• The narrator simply watches the mans sleep again.
• The old man hides beneath the covers.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.W.7.9A

CCSS.RL.7.2