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The Tell-Tale Heart

Authored by Devon Nordmeyer

English

8th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 21+ times

The Tell-Tale Heart
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The narrator waits a week before killing the old man because the narrator

says that he must see the old man’s eye first.

likes frightening the old man many times.

waits for the darkest night of the week.

feels guilty about taking a human life.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

You can evaluate the narrator’s state of mind as unreliable when he

explains that he did not kill the old man for his money.

describes his movements on the night of the murder.

says he is sane, but then describes how cleverly he hid the body.

confesses that he is nervous in the beginning of the story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The author creates suspense by

revealing the ways in which the narrator is kind to the old man.

explaining why the narrator hid the body after the murder.

saying that the narrator loved the old man.

describing what the narrator did before the murder.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why is the narrator upset with the police at the end of the story?

The police find the old man’s body.

The police accuse him of murder.

He thinks the police are making fun of him

He thinks the police are trying to kill him.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

To conceive of something is to

think of it.

tell about it.

dream about it.

walk toward it.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the narrator say that his disease has done to him?

made him nervous

sharpened his senses

turned him into a murderer

caused him to lie

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Vex means to

plan.

wake.

annoy.

scream.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

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