The Tell-Tale Heart TEST Review

What point of view is the story told in?

• first person

• second person

• third person

• None of the above.

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Who is speaking in the story?

• The old man

• The police

• The narrator

• The neighbors

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What troubles/bothers the narrator about the old man?

• The old man doesn't pay his rent.

• The old man gives insults to the narrator.

• The old man's eye.

• The old man is messy.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What does the narrator want us to think about him?

• He wants us to think he is smart.

• He wants us to think he is not crazy.

• He wants us to think he is happy.

• He wants us to think he is sad.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

How did the narrator act the week before he killed the old man?

• The narrator was mean.

• The narrator was very kind to the old man.

• The narrator played tricks on the old man.

• The narrator yelled at the old man.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

How does the narrator feel when he finally looks at the "vulture eye”?

• angry and disgusted

• happy and content

• nervous and timid

• sad and scared

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What does the narrator think was happening to the old man's heartbeat when he killed him?

• It was beating slowly.

• It was beating quietly.

• It was beating louder and louder.

• It was skipping.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Why was the narrator nervous before he killed the old man?

• the narrator was worried the neighbors will hear the old man's heartbeat

• the old man says do not kill me

• it is midnight

• he closes the old man's "Evil Eye"

Where does the narrator put the old man's body?

• He buries it in the backyard outside.

• He puts it in a box in the closet.

• He puts the body under three floorboards.

• He puts the body under the table.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Why do the police come to the house?

• There was a report of a scream.

• They believe the narrator killed the old man.

• They are looking for a killer.

• The narrator invited them to the house.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6