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"The Tell-Tell Heart" Reading Comprehension Check
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1
How does the narrator say he feels about the old man in the story? Reread lines 8-17.
He is creeped out by him.
He loves him
He is a bad neighbor
2
What impression did you get from reading this story? Choose one word that explains the mood.
Happiness
Goofy
Love
Horror
3
Choose your level of understanding of the story.
100%
75%
50%
25%
4
In this sentence, "I had been too wary for that,"
wary
means...
Sleepy
Loopy
Vexed
Cautious
5
Why does he kill the old man?
He is too noisy at night
The narrator is a serial killer
His creepy eye bothers him
It is an accident
6
In the story, "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe, the word "vexed" means...
Inconsolable
Happy
Frantic
Disturbed
7
Why is it
ironic
that the old man fears robbers?
He has never been robbed
He has been robbed before
He needs to be worried about the people inside, not out
He is a robber
8
Who arrives at the narrator's door at night?
The Police
The old man's wife
Bob Barker
Jack the Ripper
9
Poe says there are qualities he has that "mad" men do not have. What is one quality he has?
plans and documents
proceeds with caution
acts quickly
gets enough sleep
10
Does the narrator kill the old man?
yes
no
