The Tell Tale Heart

What has the madness done for the narrator's senses?

• Nothing of note

• Dulled them

• Sharpened them

• Destroyed them

Answer explanation

"The disease has sharpened my senses--not destroyed-- not dulled them."

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What was the reason the narrator killed the old man?

• He wants the old man's money

• He hates the old man's clouded blue eye

• He is tired of the old man's complaints

• He wants the house to himself

Answer explanation

"I think it was his eye! Yes, it was this! He had they eye of a vulture--a pale blue eye, with a film over it."

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

During the week before the narrator killed the old man, how did he react towards him?

• Cruel

• Kind

• Indifferent

• It never says

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

How long did it take the narrator to place his head into the door so that he could see the old man?

• An hour and a half

• A half hour

• An hour

• 45 minutes

Answer explanation

"It took me an hour to place my whole head within the opening so far that I could see him as he lay upon his bed."

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

For how many nights did the narrator look in upon the old man?

• 8

• 6

• 4

• 10

Answer explanation

"Upon the eighth night I was more than usually cautious in opening the door."

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Why couldn't the narrator kill the old man on the first night?

• There was someone else in the house

• The eye was closed

• He didn't have the courage on the first night

• The old man wasn't asleep by midnight on the first night

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What did the narrator do by accident-- as a result waking the old man?

• He sneezed

• HIs thumb slipped on the lantern

• He slipped and fell

• He coughed

Answer explanation

"I had my head in, and was about to open the lantern, when my thumb slipped upon the tin fastening..."

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.W.8.9A

What did the old man cry out when awakened?

• "Who is this?"

• "What was that?"

• "Who's there?"

• "Is anyone there?"

Answer explanation

The old man sprang up in the bed, crying out-- "Who's there?"

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What was the low, dull, quick sound that the narrator heard?

• The clock

• Knocking on the door

• The old man's heartbeat

• His watch

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The beating grew louder-- what was the new anxiety that seized the narrator at this point?

• Someone coming into the house to investigate the noise?

• There was no anxiety at this time

• The noise waking up the old man

• The sound being heard by neighbors

Answer explanation

"And now a new anxiety siezed me--the sound would be heard by a neighbor!"

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4