The Tell-Tale-Tale Heart

Where did the story take place?

• The kitchen

• The backyard

• The old man's room

• The neighbor's house

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

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

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How does the narrator feel at the opening of the story?

• Hungry
• Nervous
• Tired
• Constipated

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What is it about the old man that bothers the narrator?

• His personality
• His face
• His home
• His eye

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It is difficult to believe the narrator when he says that he

• opened the creaky lantern carefully

• heard the old man groan in the dark

• treated the old man well before killing him

• moved slowly to keep from waking the old man

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 Why did the narrator kill the old man?

• Because the old man wronged him
• For his gold
• Because of his pale blue eye
• Because someone hired him to

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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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Does the narrator hate the old man?

• yes
• no

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

• three
• four
• eighteen
• eight

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