WorksheetsThe Tell-Tale Heart Comprehension
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What was the noise the mad man was hearing?
the old man's heart
a clock
his conscience
a drum
Where did he say the old man was to the policemen?
out of the country
to the grocery store
another city
next door
a crevice is
a deep line
a narrow crack
a separated wall
dried up food
What was the profession of the madman?
accountant
nurse
professor
caregiver
What part of the old man bothered the mad man
large ears
the way he talked
cloudy eye
his smell
Hypocritical means
someone who tells the truth
someone who is fake
someone who is insane
someone who is sneaky
Audacity means
scornful mockery
fierce hostility
shameless daring
overwhelming terror
What does derision mean?
ridicule
madness
murder
pain
What does stifle mean?
surprise
shout
frighten
smother
Vex means to
plan
wake
annoy
scream
To conceive of something is to
think of it
tell about it
dream about it
walk toward it
How many planks did he lift from the floor?
1
5
3
7
Where did he hide the old man's body?
in a hole in the back yard
in a rug dumped in the lake
under the floor
in trunk of his car
On what night did the mad man kill the old man?
third night
sixth night
eighth night
seventh night
How did he kill the old man?
stabbed him
smothered him
shot him
choked him
Why is the narrator upset with the police at the end of the story?
the police find the old man's body
the police accuse him of murder
he thinks the police are making fun of him
he thinks the police are trying to kill him
The author creates suspense by
revealing the ways in which the narrator is kind to the old man
explaining why the narrator hid the body after the murder
saying that the narrator loved the old man
describing what the narrator did before the murder
You can evaluate the narrator's state of mind as unreliable when he
explains that he did not kill the old man for his money
describes his movements on the night of the murder
says he is sane, but then describes how cleverly he hid the body
confesses that he is nervous in the beginning of the story
The narrator waits a week before killing the old man because the narrator
says that he must see the old man's eye first
likes frightening the old man many times
waits for the darkest night of the week
feels guilty about taking a human life
What does narrator say that his disease has done to him?
made him nervous
sharpened his senses
turned him into a murderer
caused him to lie
