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The Black Cat

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The narrator says he is going to die...

a)

on Monday

b)

tomorrow

c)

tonight

d)

next week

2.

What information does the narrator give about himself in the beginning of the story?

a)

He has never loved animals

b)

He has only loved cats

c)

He has always loved animals

d)

He has murdered many animals in his youth

3.

The narrator's first black cat is named...

a)

Venus

b)

Mars

c)

Pluto

d)

Neptune

4.

One night the narrator cuts his cat's...

a)

tail

b)

ear

c)

paw

d)

eye

5.

The second time he harms the cat he...

a)

burns him

b)

stabs him

c)

hangs him

d)

drowns him

6.

What happens the night Pluto dies?

a)

The narrator kills his wife

b)

The narrator hears the cat's crying behind the wall

c)

The narrator loses everything in a fire

d)

Another cat appears that resembles Pluto

7.

What image does the narrator see on the wall behind his bed following the fire?

a)

Devil

b)

Skull

c)

Cat being hung

d)

Wife's face

8.

Things go badly for the narrator because he has become a victim of the fiend of...

a)

slothfulness

b)

anger

c)

drunkenness

d)

greed

9.

What is similar about the two cats?

a)

They both have a white patch on their chest

b)

They both only have one eye

c)

Neither one likes the narrator

d)

The narrator ends up hanging both of them

10.

What begins to get bigger and more distinct on the new cat?

a)

The image of the narrator on his back

b)

The image of the first cat on his back

c)

The image of the gallows on his chest

d)

The image of Edgar Allan Poe on his tummy

11.

How does the narrator get rid of his wife's body?

a)

By cutting the body into small pieces and burning it

b)

By burying the body under the floorboards

c)

By cutting the body into pieces and packing it in a box

d)

By walling the body up in the cellar

12.

When the wall is knocked down, the policeman see the black cat...

a)

jumping out at them

b)

sitting on the floor

c)

perched on the wife's head

d)

pacing in the tomb

13.

What type of irony does this part of the story create? The narrator describes himself as someone who loves animals, but abuses and kills them.

a)

Situational

b)

Dramatic

c)

Verbal

14.

What type of irony is this? The policeman come to search for the wife at the narrator's house, but we know her body is in the cellar.

a)

Situational

b)

Dramatic

c)

Verbal

15.

What type of irony is this? The black cat ends up being the one that gives away the narrator for murder.

a)

Situational

b)

Dramatic

c)

Verbal