The Tell Tale Heart

What had madness done to the narrator's senses?

• Sharpened them
• Destroyed them
• Dulled them
• Nothing

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What was the reason that the narrator killed the old man?

• His house
• Money
• His eye
• He insulted the narrator

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During the week before the narrator killed the old man, how did he act toward him?

• kind
• rude
• suspicious
• it never says

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

• 6
• 4
• 8
• 10

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

• The eye was closed
• He didn't have the courage
• There was someone else in the house
• He couldn't find an axe

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What did the narrator do by accident that ultimately woke the old man up?

• Fell
• Sneezed
• Coughed
• His thumb slipped on the lantern.

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

• A dog digging outside
• The old man's heartbeat
• A spirit thumping across the floor
• Someone hammering something

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After the old man was dead, what was the first thing the narrator did to conceal the body?

• Threw it away
• He dismembered it
• Hid it in the closet
• Buried it outside

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CCSS.RL.8.4

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CCSS.RL.7.4

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Why were the police sent to the house?

• A shriek was heard by the neighbors who called the police

• A gunshot was heard by the neighbors who called the police

• An argument was heard by the neighbors who called the police

• It was coincidental

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What was it that made the narrator confess to the crime?

• The old man's ghost haunted him
• Someone saw him kill the old man
• The old man's heartbeat
• He heard voices 

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4