Why does the narrator wait a week before killing the old man?

He must see the old man's eye first

Why is it ironic that the old man fears robbers?

He needs to be worried about the people inside, not out

Why is the narrator upset with the police near the end of the story?

He thinks they are making fun of him

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Poe and The Tell-Tale Heart

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"The Tell-Tell Heart" Reading Comprehension Check

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1
Who arrives at the narrator's door at night?
The old man's dog
The old man's wife
The narrator's mother
The police
2
Why does the narrator wait a week before killing the old man?
feels guilty about taking a human life
likes frightening the old man repeatedly
waits for the darkest night of the week
He must see the old man's eye first
3
"It was his hideous heart!"
hyperbole
simile
alliteration
personification
4
What is the narrator's tone throughout The Tell-Tale Heart?
depressed
frightened
paranoid
happy
5
Why does the narrator want to kill the old man?
The narrator is a serial killer
His creepy eye bothers him
It is an accident
He is too noisy at night
6
Why does the narrator invite the police in?
to help him stay calm
to prove he in not guilty
to chat with them
to show them the body
7
What is the overall mood?
casual
excited
sinister
hilarious
8
Why is it ironic that the old man fears robbers?
He needs to be worried about the people inside, not out
He is a robber
He has been robbed before
He has never been robbed
9
Why is the narrator upset with the police near the end of the story?
The police find the old man's body
He thinks the police are trying to kill him
The police accuse him of murder
He thinks they are making fun of him
10
In this sentence, "I had been too wary for that," wary means...
Loopy
Sleepy
Cautious
Vexed
11
In what city did Edgar Allan Poe grow up?
Richmond
Atlanta
Baltimore
New York
12
"He had the eye of a vulture--a pale blue eye with a film over it" is an example of
imagery
dialect
irony
a simile
13
The beating heart symbolizes
the narrator's insanity
the narrator's guilt
the narrator's sanity
the old man's heart
14
How does the narrator say he feels about the old man in the story?
He is glad they are neighbors
He loves him
He is creeped out by him.
He is a bad neighbor

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