WorksheetsThe Black Cat
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 30mins
The narrator says he is going to die...
on Monday
tomorrow
tonight
next week
What information does the narrator give about himself in the beginning of the story?
He has never loved animals
He has only loved cats
He has always loved animals
He has murdered many animals in his youth
The narrator's first black cat is named...
Venus
Mars
Pluto
Neptune
One night the narrator cuts his cat's...
tail
ear
paw
eye
The second time he harms the cat he...
burns him
stabs him
hangs him
drowns him
What happens the night Pluto dies?
The narrator kills his wife
The narrator hears the cat's crying behind the wall
The narrator loses everything in a fire
Another cat appears that resembles Pluto
What image does the narrator see on the wall behind his bed following the fire?
Devil
Skull
Cat being hung
Wife's face
Things go badly for the narrator because he has become a victim of the fiend of...
slothfulness
anger
drunkenness
greed
What is similar about the two cats?
They both have a white patch on their chest
They both only have one eye
Neither one likes the narrator
The narrator ends up hanging both of them
What begins to get bigger and more distinct on the new cat?
The image of the narrator on his back
The image of the first cat on his back
The image of the gallows on his chest
The image of Edgar Allan Poe on his tummy
How does the narrator get rid of his wife's body?
By cutting the body into small pieces and burning it
By burying the body under the floorboards
By cutting the body into pieces and packing it in a box
By walling the body up in the cellar
When the wall is knocked down, the policeman see the black cat...
jumping out at them
sitting on the floor
perched on the wife's head
pacing in the tomb
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.
Situational
Dramatic
Verbal
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.
Situational
Dramatic
Verbal
What type of irony is this? The black cat ends up being the one that gives away the narrator for murder.
Situational
Dramatic
Verbal
