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WorksheetsThe Tell-Tale Heart
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Why did the narrator want to kill the old man?
He thought the old man wronged him.
He secretly hated the old man.
He thought the old man insulted him.
He was agitated by the old man's eye.
He wanted the old man's gold.
How many nights did the narrator sneak into the old man's room?
5
6
7
8
9
What time did he venture into the old man's room each night?
12 am
1 am
2 am
12 pm
On the final night, the old man woke up when the narrator entered his room.
True
False
In which of the following ways did the old man try to comfort himself about the noise he heard in the darkness?
the wind in the chimney
a cat jumping on the cupboard
a cricket chirping
a mouse running across the floor
the young man moaning in his sleep
How long after the old man woke did the narrator jump upon the old man?
Immediately after the old man woke
About half an hour
About an hour
Longer than an hour
What caused the narrator to carry out the foul deed of killing the old man?
The old man's moan of terror.
The old man's dull blue eye.
The old man's face.
The old man's heart beat.
The old man's cry for help.
How did the narrator kill the old man?
He shot the old man.
He stabbed the old man.
He smothered the old man.
He strangled the old man.
He dismembered the old man.
Where did the narrator hide the body of the old man?
In the floor boards.
In the cupboard.
In the walls.
In the bath tub.
Who came knocking at the door at 4 o'clock in the morning?
3 exorcists
3 neighbours
3 policemen
3 salesmen
Why did the 3 officers come to the house at 4 a.m.?
A neighbour heard a moan and reported a possible haunting.
A neighbour heard a shriek and reported a possible crime.
A neighbour heard a shout and reported a possible fight.
A neighbour heard a cry and reported a possible nightmare.
The narrator told the late night visitors to come in because he wanted to kill them.
True
False
How did the narrator explain the noise that disturbed the neighbour?
He said the old man had a nightmare.
He said he had a nightmare.
He said he had fallen down.
He said the old man had fallen down.
The narrator told the officers that the old man had...
died in his sleep.
been murdered.
gone away on a journey.
gone into the basement.
How did the narrator persuade the officers nothing was wrong?
He persuaded them to move in.
He showed them around the house.
He showed the old man's treasures.
He invited them to stay and chat.
What signs of the narrator's feelings of guilt are told to us? His...
paleness.
headache.
chattiness.
stillness.
The officers pretended not to hear the old man's dead heart beating from under the floorboards.
True
False
The officers were mocking the narrator with their idle chit-chat.
True
False
The longer they all sat and chatted...
The more calm the narrator became.
The more agitated the narrator became.
The more the narrator heard his own heart beat.
The more the narrator heard the old man's heart.
What is the narrator trying to persuade his listeners to believe?
That he is not mad.
That he is a careful planner.
That he did not kill the old man.
That the old man deserved to die.
That he can hear dead people's hearts beating.
