THE TELL TALE HEART-3A/3B/3C

What is it about the old man that bothers the narrator?

• His personality
• His face
• His home
• His eye

How is the narrator's sense of hearing important to the story?

• He hears the police coming

• The sound of the heartbeat pushes the narrator to kill and confess

• The sound of the heartbeat allows him to plan carefully, very carefully.

• He believes the heartbeat calms him.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Why is it important that the officers stay so long in the house?

• to show the reader how friendly they are.

• to allow the reader to characterize them as lazy.

• to provide enough time for the old man's body to decompose.

• to provide enough time for the narrator to become upset and confess.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What event causes the narrator to confess at the end of the story?

• The constant sound of watch ticking waiting for the police to leave

• The sound of his heartbeat that he believes is the dead man's

• The policemen laugh and mock the narrator in his home

• The neighbors heard a shriek late at night

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the central message of "The Tell-Tale Heart"?

• From love comes sacrifice

• Guilt can drive you mad.

• With murder comes joy.

• Do not trust your elders.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

By telling this story from the murderer's point of view, the author helps the reader

• recognize the narrator's insanity

• understand the old man's thoughts

• compare both of the character's thoughts

• understand why the police have come

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What appears to be the narrator's claim throughout the selection?

• That he did not kill the old man

• That he should not be sent to jail

• That he is not mad

• That the old man did not have to die

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

"And this I did for seven long nights--every night just at midnight--but I found the eye always closed; and so it was impossible to do the work..."

This sentence is most likely used to reveal that the narrator---?

• is unable to sleep at night.

• is obsessed with the eye.

• is eager to kill the old man.

• is a rational man.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

In the climax, how do the narrator's feelings contrast with the old man's?

• The narrator is afraid of the old man, and the old man is cruel.

• The narrator loves the old man who is angry at the narrator.

• The narrator is full of rage, and the old man is full of fear.

• The narrator is worried, and the old man is calm.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4