WorksheetsThe Tell Tale Heart (Post-Test)
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
What was the reason the narrator killed the old man?
He wants the old man's money
He hates the old man's clouded blue eye
He is tired of the old man's complaints
He wants the house to himself
During the week before the narrator killed the old man, how did he react towards him?
Cruel
Kind
Indifferent
It never says
For how many nights did the narrator look in upon the old man?
8
6
4
10
Why couldn't the narrator kill the old man on the first night?
There was someone else in the house
The eye was closed
He didn't have the courage on the first night
The old man wasn't asleep by midnight on the first night
The beating grew louder-- what was the new anxiety that seized the narrator at this point?
Someone coming into the house to investigate the noise?
There was no anxiety at this time
The noise waking up the old man
The sound being heard by neighbors
How many times did the old man shriek?
Three times
Twice
Once
None
After the old man was dead, what was the first thing the narrator did to conceal the body?
Threw it out
Buried it beneath the floor
Dismembered it
Burned it
Why were the police sent to the house?
A gunshot was heard
Someone had seen the narrator
A shriek was heard
An argument was heard
What character trait does the narrator convey through this sentence?
"I kept quite still and said nothing. For a whole hour I did not move a muscle..."
intelligence
insanity
patience
cruelty
In the climax, how do the narrator's feelings contrast with the old man's?
The narrator is afraid of the old man, and the old man is cruel.
The narrator loves the old man who is angry at the narrator.
The narrator is full of rage, and the old man is full of fear.
The narrator is worried, and the old man is calm.
