WorksheetsThe Tell-Tale Heart 🫀
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What do we call the speaker of the story?
suspense
narrator
point of view
unreliable narrator
Which type of narrator is a character in the story and uses words like I, me, my?
suspense
third-person
first-person
unreliable narrator
What do we call a narrator whose story cannot be trusted?
suspense
third-person
first-person
unreliable narrator
When you ________________ an idea, you think of it.
conceive
vex
stifle
vehemently
Why were the police called to the house?
Neighbors reported a scream
Neighbors heard glass shattering
Neighbors saw a mysterious figure lurking around
The old man's dog was acting funny
By telling the story from the murderer's point of view, the author helps the reader...
Recognize the narrators insanity
Understand the old man's thoughts
Compare both of the characters thoughts
Understand why the police have come
How does the fragile old-man dies?
He get shot with a pistol.
Due to old age.
The madman chopped his limbs off.
Suffocated with the bed sheets.
What did the narrator claim the old-man's eyes looked like?
A snake's eyes
A cat's eye
A vulture's eye
A murderer's eye
Where was the corpse concealed (hidden)?
In the fridge
Under the floor boards
Under the narrator's bed
No where
How many nights did the narrator watch the old man sleep?
4 nights
6 nights
8 nights
10 nights
Where did the narrator dismember the body?
In the room
The tub
True or False: The narrator killed the old man because of his eye.
True
False
True or False: The narrator hated the old man and was mean to him.
True
False
Why did the narrator wait until the 8th night to kill the old man?
The narrator was scared to kill him.
The old man was suspicious of him.
The narrator said he must see the old man's eye to kill him.
The police kept coming to the house.
What is the conflict of the story?
The narrator is haunted by the old man's eye and wants to kill the old man to get rid of the vulture eye.
The old man is rich and doesn't pay the narrator.
The narrator is being held hostage.
The old man treats the narrator poorly.
Who is the author of this short story?
Edgar Allen Poe
Miss Hernandez
James Lawson
Isidro De La Cruz
How did the police finally find out what the narrator did?
The saw the blood stains.
The police found the tub with all of the blood.
They found a diary with the old man's suspicions.
The narrator admits to the murder and shows them where to find the body.
Where did the narrator and police stay to chat?
Living room
Old man's study room
Outside on the porch
The old man's bedroom where he was killed
Why do the officers stay after they search the house and find nothing suspicious?
to have breakfast with the narrator.
to search the room more carefully.
to wait for his lawyer.
to continue to talk with the narrator.
