Tell Tale Heart Comprehension quiz

1. Which of the narrator’s sense was heightened?

• A. Sight
• B. Smell
• C. Sound
• D. Taste

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

2. What is the purpose of the first paragraph of the story?

• To explain why the narrator killed the old man.
• To explain how the narrator killed the old man.
• To allow the narrator to set up the story.
• To present the point of view for the reader.

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

How did the narrator feel about the old man?

• he loved him
• he hated him
• he was indifferent towards him
• he liked him some

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

4. Which body part of the old man did the narrator hate?

• face
• eye
• leg
• hand

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CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

5. “Now this is the point. You fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing. But youshould have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded --with whatcaution --with what foresight --with what dissimulation I went to work!”To whom is the narrator talking in this quote? What point of view is this?

• The reader; 1st
• Himself; 1st
• The reader: 2nd
• D. The reader; 3rd

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

6. How many nights did the narrator enter the old man’s room WITHOUT killinghim?

• two
• four
• seven
• eight

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

7. “His room was as black as pitch with the thick darkness, (for the shutterswere close fastened, through fear of robbers,)... “What does the preceding quote reveal about the old man?

• he was trusting
• He was paranoid
• he did not like the narrator
• he was wqrried about the narrator

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

“I fairly chuckled at the idea; and perhaps he heard me; for he moved on the bed suddenly, as if startled.” What does the preceding quote reveal about the narrator?

• He was serious.
• he was amused by the situation
• he was angry
• he was upset by the situation

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

9. Which of the following is NOT a way the old man tries to comfort himself in paragraph seven?

• He says the noise is simply the wind in the chimney.
• He says the noise is only a mouse crossing the floor.
• He says the noise is merely a cricket who has made a single chirp.
• He says the noise is only the narrator getting up for water.

10. “It was open --wide, wide open --and I grew furious as I gazed upon it.”What is the “it” referring to in the previous quote?

• the old man
• the door
• the lantern
• the old man's eye

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CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RI.6.10