WorksheetsThe Tell Tale Heart
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
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 is the main idea of the story?
The story is about a dog, an eye and a curse.
The story is about police officers who arrest a criminal.
The story is about a man who commits a crime and is driven to confession.
The story is about a man who has a heart problem.
What is the setting of the story?
The old man's living room at his vacation house in the country.
The old man's basement at midnight.
The old man's attic at midnight.
The old man's house, in his bedroom at midnight.
What does the title mean?
The old man is telling a tale.
The old man's beating heart doesn't stop even after he kills him.
The narrator blames the old man's heart for giving him away.
The old man's eye causes the narrator to tell a tale.
Why does the narrator confess his crime?
The narrator confesses because he thinks the police are the real murderers.
The narrator confesses because he knows the old man is not really dead.
The narrator confesses because he thinks the police are mocking him and can hear the heartbeat.
The narrator confesses because the officers knew the crime that had been committed.
How long did it take the narrator to accomplish his goal?
6 nights
7 nights
8 nights
9 nights
How does the narrator feel about the old man?
He loves him
He hates him
He wants to spend more time with him
He has forgotten him
What is the narrator most likely hearing when he thinks he hears the old man's heartbeat?
The old man's heart
The police arriving
His own heartbeat
His blood drops
How is the narrator feeling when the police FIRST enter his home?
Terrified
Confident
Guilty
Scared
Where did the narrator tell the police that the old man was?
At his mother's house
Taking a walk
Asleep in his bed
Out in the country
“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...
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
