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WorksheetsThe black cat
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who wrote "The Black Cat"?
a)
Edgar Allan Poe
b)
John Steinbeck
c)
William Shakespeare
d)
Harper Lee
2.
What was the narrator's great interest and passion in life?
a)
Mathematics
b)
Medicine
c)
Animals
d)
Death
3.
What body part was the first cat missing?
a)
A leg
b)
His eye
c)
His heart
d)
His tail
4.
The first cat's name was:
a)
Ember
b)
Pluto
c)
Poseidon
d)
Zeus
5.
What did the narrator tell the reader before he began the story?
a)
a. he wanted to caution the reader about falling into the same trap he fell in.
b)
b. he had no memory of what happened.
c)
c. he would die tomorrow and he wanted to unburden his soul.
d)
d. he was unjustly accused of a crime he did not commit.
6.
2. The narrator blames his change in mood and behavior on
a)
a. a brain tumor
b)
b. alcohol
c)
c. a curse put on him
d)
d. his wife divorcing him
7.
5. The story alludes to the superstition that cats are really
a)
a. witches in disguise
b)
b. our dead ancestors
c)
c. the ghost of murdered people
d)
d. not good pets to have
8.
6. What is ironic about the two cats?
a)
a. they both scratch the narrator
b)
b. they both have only one eye
c)
c. they are both killed by the narrator
d)
d. they both have a white patch on their chest
9.
7. The first cat was named after which of the following?
a)
a. a type of diseases that cats get
b)
b. the greek god of the underworld
c)
c. the roman god of the underworld
d)
d. the name of the narrator's girlfriend
10.
8. The definition of the word gallows means
a)
a. an informal term for a young man
b)
b. a ghostly appearing figure
c)
c. an instrument of execution, used to hang a condemned person ; a wooden frame
d)
d. a figment of one's imagination
11.
9. Who or what did the narrator kill with an axe?
a)
a. the cat
b)
b. the narrator's wife
c)
c. the rabbit
d)
d. the dog
12.
10. Where did the police find the narrator's second cat?
a)
a. down a storm drain
b)
b. hanging from a tree, like the first cat
c)
c. inside the wall with the body of the narrator's wife
d)
d. on the roof of the house
13.
What happened to the narrator's first house?
a)
a. it was foreclosed on, and he was evicted.
b)
b. it was burglarized
c)
c. it was destroyed by a flood
d)
d. it burned down, except one wall.
14.
strict or extreme loyalty
a)
apparition
b)
infamy
c)
homely
d)
fidelity
15.
the quality of being easily managed, handled or taught
a)
irrevocable
b)
equivocal
c)
docile
d)
perpetual
16.
expressed in a few words; compressed in a small area
a)
succinctly
b)
homely
c)
infamy
d)
fidelity
17.
not attractive; common; not refined
a)
succinctly
b)
homely
c)
feeble
d)
docile
18.
open to two or more interpretations; of a doubtful or uncertain nature
a)
equivocal
b)
irrevocable
c)
docile
d)
perpetual
19.
unable to be recalled, undone, changed or taken back
a)
equivocal
b)
irrevocable
c)
docile
d)
perpetual
20.
continuing or enduring forever
a)
equivocal
b)
irrevocable
c)
docile
d)
perpetual
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