The Black Cat

Where did the narrator hide the body of his victim?

• In the wall of his cellar
• In the ground
• In the barn
• In one of the hogsheads of alcohol

What did the narrator tell the reader before he began the story?

• a.  he wanted to caution the reader about falling into the same trap he fell in.
• b.  he had no memory of what happened.
• c. he would die tomorrow and he wanted to unburden his soul.
• d.  he was unjustly accused of a crime he did not commit.

The narrator blames his change in mood and behavior on

• a.   a brain tumor

• b.   alcohol

• c.  a curse put on him

• d.  his wife divorcing him

• Satan

What did the narrator hang in the garden?

• a.  the cat
• b.  a rabbit
• c.  a dog
• d.  the narrator's wife

What happened to the narrator's first house?

• a.  it was foreclosed on, and he was evicted.
• b.  it was burglarized
• c.  it was destroyed by a flood
• d.  it burned down, except one wall.

The story alludes to the superstition that black cats are really

• a.  witches in disguise
• b.  our dead ancestors
• c.  the ghost of murdered people
• d.  not good pets to have

The first cat was named after which of the following?

• a. a type of diseases that cats get

• b. the god of the underworld

• c. his deceased father

• d. the name of the narrator's favorite literary character

• a distant planet

The definition of the word  gallows means

• a.  an informal term for a young man

• b.   a ghostly appearing figure

• c.  an instrument of execution used to hang a condemned person; a wooden frame

• d.  a figment of one's imagination

• a chair where prisoners are electrocuted

Who or what did the narrator kill with an axe?

• a.  the cat
• b.  the narrator's wife
• c.  the rabbit
• d.  the dog

Where did the police find the narrator's second cat?

• a.  down a storm drain
• b.  hanging from a tree, like the first cat
• c.  inside the wall with the body of the narrator's wife
• d.  on the roof of the house