Tell Tale Heart Comprehension

Who is the author of "The Tell-Tale Heart?"

• Charles Dickens
• Leonard Q. Ross
• Annabel Lee
• Edgar Allan Poe

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

What point of view is "The Tell-Tale Heart" told in?

• first person
• second person
• third person limited
• third person omniscient

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

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

• explains that he lives in a house with the old man.
• decides he should call the police.
• says he is sane, but then describes how cleverly he hid the body after the murder.
• confesses he is nervous at the beginning of the story.

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

Why does the narrator want to kill the old man?

• He wants the old man's gold
• He hates the old man
• Kill him? Who said anything about killing him?!
• The old man's eye vexes him

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

The author most likely used the following expression to--- ?

“One of his eyes resembled that of a vulture –.”

• Convey the importance of the heartbeat sound.

• To compare the eye to something associated with death – the vulture.

• Personifies the eye so that it becomes a human character.

• Exaggerates the ugliness of the eye to influence the reader.

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

What does the narrator want people to think about him?

• That he is mentally unstable, and therefore his crime is not his fault
• That he suffers from anxiety, but that he is not a madman
• That he is angry at the old man and the old man deserves death.
• That he has been driven to madness by the beating of the old man’s heart.

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

Which detail should be included in a summary of the story?

• The narrator murders the old man.

• The old man was sleeping when the narrator crept in to his room.

• The officers chatted about familiar things.

• The narrator is kind to the man

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

The author builds suspense by--

• not revealing what the crime will be

• having the narrator watch the sleeping victim for seven nights in a row.

• having the narrator explain how clever he is

• describing what is done with the victim's body

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What character trait does the narrator convey through this sentence?

"I kept quite still and said nothing. For a whole hour I did not move a muscle..."

• intelligence

• insanity

• patience

• cruelty

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

How does the narrator murder the old man?

• Murder him? Who said anything about murder?!
• He smothers him with the mattress
• He poisons him at breakfast
• He stabs him in the heart

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6