"The Tell-Tale Heart" Review

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

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

What was the reason the narrator killed the old man?

• he wanted the old man's money

• he has an aversion to the old man's eye

• he wants to put the old man out of misery

• he wants the house to himself

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

During the week before the narrator killed the old man, how did he react towards him?

• cruel and malicious

• cold and distant

• kind and friendly

• indifferent and apathetic

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

How long did it take the narrator to place his head into the door so that he could see the old man?

• half an hour

• 1 hour

• an hour and a half

• forty-five minutes

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

For how many nights did the narrator look in upon the old man?

• 6 nights

• 7 nights

• 8 nights

• 9 nights

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What kept the narrator from killing the old man on the first night?

• there was someone else in the house

• the eye was closed

• he lacked the courage and dedication

• the old man was not asleep on the first night

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The old man's eye is compared to what bird?

• vulture

• pigeon

• hawk

• flamingo

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Identify the literary device, "until, at length, a single dim ray, like the thread of a spider, shot from out the crevice and fell upon the vulture eye"

• personification

• imagery

• metaphor

• simile

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6