"The Tell-Tale Heart" Comprehension

Which of the following does Poe establish about the narrator with the opening sentence, "True! - very, very, dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?"

• The narrator is not insane, but he believes he is.

• The narrator is not usually nervous.

• The narrator believes he is not insane, but he probably is.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

From what POV is "The Tale-Tell Heart" written?

• first person
• second person
• third person limited
• third person unreliable

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What did the narrator try to convince you that he was NOT?

• Stupid
• Evil
• Smart
• Mad

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which of the narrator's senses does he say is most acute?

• Sight
• Smell
• Hearing
• Taste

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.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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

• The narrator murders the old man.
• The Old Man was snoring when the narrator crept in to his room.
• The officers chatted about familiar things.
• The narrator is male.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What sound on the 8th night causes the narrator to feel nervousness and anxiety?

• a cricket
• a heartbeat
• a chuckle
• a groan

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What worries the narrator the most about the sound he hears on the 8th night?

• A neighbor will hear it
• The police will hear it
• It means that he is insane
• It will wake up the old man

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What causes the neighbor to alert the police?

• The neighbor heard a loud "thump."
• The neighbor heard a dog barking.
• The neighbor heard a shriek in the night.
• The Old Man had been missing for a week.

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CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4