The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe

What pets did the narrator have?

• birds, fish, a dog, and a cat

• birds, a dog, and a cat

• fish and a cat

• fish, birds, and a cat

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How did the narrator change?

• He became sick and had to be committed to a psychiatric hospital.

• He became selfish and started abusing his wife and his pets.

• He became ill and had to stay in bed.

• He became poor and started fighting with his wife.

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What did the narrator first do to the cat?

• He cut out its tail

• He cut out its ear

• He cut out its eye

• He cut out its neck

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How did the first cat die?

• He strangled it with his hands

• He threw the cat out of the window

• He stabbed it with a knife

• He hung it on a beam

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What did he see on one of the walls?

• He saw his wife

• He saw his cat

• He saw his wife hung by the neck

• He saw his cat hung by the neck

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What did the animal have in common with the other cat?

• It had no ears

• It only had one eye

• It was all black

• It had no tail

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How did the narrator feel about the new cat?

• He was indifferent

• He loved the cat

• He was afraid

• He disliked the cat

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What shape did the animal have on its chest?

• A cross

• A white line around its neck

• A hangman's noose

• A moon

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What does the narrator do with his wife's body?

• He left it on the cellar

• He put her on a wall

• He burnt it

• He threw it to the lake

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How does the narrator get caught?

• He tells the truth to the police officers

• The cat's ghost leads the police officers to the body

• He tells something to the police officers and there is a horrible cry

• The police officers found some blood and follow the trail

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