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The Tell Tale Heart

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do we call the speaker of the story?

a)

suspense

b)

narrator

c)

point of view

d)

unreliable narrator

2.

Which type of narrator is a character in the story and uses words like I, me, my?

a)

suspense

b)

third-person

c)

first-person

d)

unreliable narrator

3.

What is the main idea of the story?

a)

The story is about a dog, an eye and a curse.

b)

The story is about police officers who arrest a criminal.

c)

The story is about a man who commits a crime and is driven to confession.

d)

The story is about a man who has a heart problem.

4.

What is the setting of the story?

a)

The old man's living room at his vacation house in the country.

b)

The old man's basement at midnight.

c)

The old man's attic at midnight.

d)

The old man's house, in his bedroom at midnight.

5.

What does the title mean?

a)

The old man is telling a tale.

b)

The old man's beating heart doesn't stop even after he kills him.

c)

The narrator blames the old man's heart for giving him away.

d)

The old man's eye causes the narrator to tell a tale.

6.

Why does the narrator confess his crime?

a)

The narrator confesses because he thinks the police are the real murderers.

b)

The narrator confesses because he knows the old man is not really dead.

c)

The narrator confesses because he thinks the police are mocking him and can hear the heartbeat.

d)

The narrator confesses because the officers knew the crime that had been committed.

7.

How long did it take the narrator to accomplish his goal?

a)

6 nights

b)

7 nights

c)

8 nights

d)

9 nights

8.

How does the narrator feel about the old man?

a)

He loves him

b)

He hates him

c)

He wants to spend more time with him

d)

He has forgotten him

9.

What is the narrator most likely hearing when he thinks he hears the old man's heartbeat?

a)

The old man's heart

b)

The police arriving

c)

His own heartbeat

d)

His blood drops

10.

How is the narrator feeling when the police FIRST enter his home?

a)

Terrified

b)

Confident

c)

Guilty

d)

Scared

11.

Where did the narrator tell the police that the old man was?

a)

At his mother's house

b)

Taking a walk

c)

Asleep in his bed

d)

Out in the country

12.

“It was the beating of the old man’s heart. It increased my fury, as the beating of a drum stimulates the soldier into courage” is an example of...

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification