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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
How does the narrator try to prove that he is not mad?
He describes how cunning and cautious he is.
He waits until the eighth night to kill the old man.
He says he pities the old man but laughs in his heart.
He allows the police officers to search the house.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Why can’t the police officers hear the old man’s heart?
The narrator is speaking loudly to drown out the old man’s heart.
The officers are sitting too far away from the old man’s body.
The officers’ senses are not as acute as those of the narrator.
The old man’s heart is not actually beating.
3.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Why does the narrator kill the old man?
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4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
What causes the narrator to confess to his crime?
He thinks he hears the dead man’s heart beating. He thinks the police officers can hear it, too.
He knows the dead man’s heart is silent, and he’s confident the police officers hear nothing at all.
He thinks he hears the dead man’s heart beating, but he believes the sound is too faint for the police officers to notice.
He doesn’t hear the dead man’s heart, but he’s convinced the police officers can sense it pounding in the silence.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
How does the narrator’s mention of his sharpened sense of hearing in paragraph 1 hint at the old man’s death?
It hints at the narrator’s ability to hear the police coming to check on the old man.
It hints at the narrator’s decision to murder the old man partly due to his loud voice.
It hints at the point when the old man’s heartbeat drives the narrator to kill him.
It hints at the time when the old man’s sleep is disturbed by the narrator at the door.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Read the dictionary definition below.
acute \ə-kyoot′\ adj 1. sharp or severe 2. keenly perceptive 3. less than ninety degrees 4. high in pitch
Which definition best fits how the word acute is used in paragraph 1?
Definition 1
Definition 2
Definition 3
Definition 4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Read the excerpt from paragraph 2.
I think it was his eye! yes, it was this! He had the eye of a vulture—a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold. . . .
How does the author create suspense in this excerpt?
By identifying the source of the narrator’s irrational fear
By explaining why the narrator wants to avoid the old man
By describing how unhealthy the old man looks to the narrator
By repeating words to emphasize the narrator’s skill as a criminal
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