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Tell Tale Heart

English

8th - 9th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Where does the narrator hide the old man's corpse?

In the closet
He buries it in the yard
He buries it in the floorboards
He dumps it in the river

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 5 pts

 Why do you infer the narrator finally admitted to his crime?

He realized he was wrong and knew he should pay for his crime.
The ghost of the old man was haunting him, and he wanted it to stop.
The officers tricked him into admitting the deed.
The noises he was hearing were driving him insane and he couldn’t take it.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

In the beginning, why does the narrator say, "...very dreadfully nervous I had been and am! but why will you say that I am mad?"

explaining to the reader he is nervous

proving to the reader that he is not crazy

answering that he is really angry

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

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How does the narrator feel when he opens the lantern and sees the old man's open eye?

Afraid
Calm
Furious
Silly

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

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When the police knock on the door, the narrator opens the door with a light heart.  Why?

He is having a great hair day
He just won the lottery
He just woke up from a great nap
He thinks he has cleaned up all of the evidence of the murder

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