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The Fall of the House of Usher
The Fall of the House of Usher
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Reading comprehension questions from adapted text -- middle school
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1
Which word means "excessive"?
inordinate
morbid
pervaded
sojourn
2
Which word means "obvious; perceivable"?
sojourn
obstinate
palpable
pervaded
3
The narrator hears...
music playing from the attic
birds singing and chirping
bombs going off in the distance
a sharp, grating, screaming sound from the dungeon
4
Which word means "spread throughout"?
sojourn
inordinate
pervaded
palpable
5
Which word means "short stay"?
emaciated
sojourn
inordinate
obstinate
6
Which word means "unusually thin"?
emaciated
inordinate
sojourn
obstinate
7
Usher says Madeline's body and mind are...
stronger each day
engaged in dancing and creating music
wasting away
sharp as a tack
8
Which word means "stubborn"?
emaciated
morbid
inordinate
obstinate
9
Which phrase describes the House of Usher?
70 rooms with golden chandeliers
modern architecture, spotlessly clean
crumbling stone walls, windows staring like vacant eyes
surrounded by fruit trees and flowers
10
Usher tells the narrator that he is...
moving to Boston
writing a new novel
getting married
suffering from an evil family mental disease
11
True or False? The narrator and Madeline are good friends.
False
True
12
The vault was...
being used as a spare living room
full of bones and rats
right below the room where the narrator slept
out in the barn next to the moat
13
What is a tarn?
a school
a lake
a cave
a small house
14
In the story, the narrator comes to the House of Usher because...
he is attending a party.
he is lost in a fog.
an old friend wrote a letter asking him to come.
he is visiting his girlfriend.
15
The narrator is afraid that
he and Usher buried Madeline alive
he will catch Usher's mental disease
he will not be able to eat the food the servant makes.
he will be attacked by Usher and the butler
16
Usher's first name is...
Roger
Allan
Philip
Roderick
17
Which word means "diseased; unhealthy"?
morbid
emaciated
obstinate
palpable
18
Usher says Madeline is dead. He and the narrator...
lay her body on the dining room table
take her to the funeral home
bury her in the church cemetery
put her in an iron casket
19
The narrator finds out that Usher and Madeline
were twins
were Russian royalty
were secretly married
were wanted by the police
20
In his letter, Usher said he was...
dying from cancer.
selling his mansion.
sick in the body and mind.
missing his friend.
21
After Madeline kills Usher,
the House of Usher splits and crumbles into the moat.
the House of Usher evaporates into thin air.
she kills the narrator, too.
Usher and Madeline are turned into stone statues.
22
As the narrator approaches the House of Usher, he feels...
joyful and happy to see his old friend
a deep sense of despair
excited to meet Madeline
ready to enjoy a good time
23
Madeline is Usher's...
mother
cousin
daughter
sister
