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Worksheets(Tell Tale Heart) Edgar Allan Poe Quiz
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 9mins
In "The Tell-Tale Heart" why couldn't the caretaker murder the old man in his sleep?
The caretaker was afraid of getting caught.
The old man looked to peaceful.
The caretaker was afraid of the blood.
The old man's troublesome eye was closed.
The caretaker in "The Tell-Tale Heart" shows tremendous arrogance when he _____.
asks the police to sit down in the old man's room
stands in the doorway of the old man's room for an hour
pulls up the floorboards to hide the body
loses his cool and confesses to the crime
Define 'conceived':
To come up with a plan
A fun way of doing things
To tell something to someone
What does the character want to do with the eye?
Find out why it is so evil
Keep it as a trophy
Rid himself of it forever
The author creates suspense by describing the sound of the man's heartbeat as the sound of a
watch's ticking
cricket's chirping
mouse's footsteps
lantern's creaking
Why is the narrator upset with the police at the end of the story?
His heart starts beating very fast.
The police find the old man's body.
The police accuse him of the murder.
He thinks that they are making fun of him.
Why did the narrator kill the old man?
The narrator hated the old man.
The narrator wanted to steal the old man's money.
The narrator did not like the man's eye.
The narrator wanted to steal the old man's video game.
Why did the police show up?
The neighbors heard a shriek
They just happened to be stopping by
The police man lives in the house
The police didn't show up
To vex is to
plan
wake
annoy
scream
To conceive of something is to
think of it
tell about it
dream about it
walk toward it
Derision means to
be bold
be the favorite
be friends with
make fun of
How does the narrator feel at the opening of the story?
Hungry
Nervous
Tired
sad
