The "Tell Tale Heart"

Match the following

• Very strong/sharp

• Crevice

• To bring trouble or agitation

• Cunning

• Not Plentiful

• Scarce

• A narrow opening

• Acute

• Skilled at tricking people/Clever

• Vex

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Why does the narrator cast a beam of light on the old man?

• to scare the old man

• to see if the old man is awake

• to help the old

• to see if the old man's eye is open

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What part of the old man's face scares and angers the narrator?

• his yellow, crooked teeth

• boogers in his large nose

• his clouded blue eye

• his abnormally slim and balding head

• his kids are aggravating

The beating heart is a symbol of the narrator's _____?

• happiness

• greed

• love

• guilt

What does the narrator say the old man's eye looks like?

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

How does the narrator kill the old man?

• shooting him

• stabbing him

• suffocating him

• drowning him

Where does the narrator conceal the corpse?

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

How does the narrator feel immediately after killing the old man?

• sad

• melancholy

• relieved

• calm

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

According to the text, how does the narrator feel about the old man?

• He hates him.

• He loves him.

• He fears him.

• He wants everything the old man has.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The mood of the "Tell-Tale Heart" can be described as ___________.

• cheerful

• calm

• creepy

• tired

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4