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

He thinks they are making fun of him

Why is it ironic that the old man fears robbers?

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

We know the narrator is unreliable when he

says he is sane, but describes how cleverly he hid the body

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

He must see the old man's eye first

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1
How does the narrator say he feels about the old man in the story?
He is creeped out by him.
He is glad they are neighbors
He is a bad neighbor
He loves him
2
What does the narrator say that his disease has done to him?
turned him into a murderer
sharpened his senses
caused him to lie
made him nervous
3
Why is the narrator upset with the police at the end of the story?
He thinks the police are trying to kill him
The police accuse him of murder
He thinks they are making fun of him
The police find the old man's body
4
The narrator says there are qualities he has that "mad" men do not have. What is one quality?
acts quickly
proceeds with caution
plans and documents
gets enough sleep
5
In this sentence, "I had been too wary for that," wary means...
Sleepy
Loopy
Cautious
Vexed
6
Why is it ironic that the old man fears robbers?
He is a robber
He has never been robbed
He needs to be worried about the people inside, not out
He has been robbed before
7
Who arrives at the narrator's door at night?
The police
The old man's wife
The narrator's mother
The old man's dog
8
We know the narrator is unreliable when he
confesses that he is nervous in the beginning
describes his movements on the night of the murder
says he is sane, but describes how cleverly he hid the body
explains that he did not kill the man for his money
9
In the story, "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe, the word "vexed" means...
Joyful
Bothered
Inconsolable
Frantic
10
Why does he kill the old man?
The narrator is a serial killer
It is an accident
His creepy eye bothers him
He is too noisy at night
11
Suspense is created by
revealing ways in which the narrator is kind to the old man
repetition for effect
saying that the narrator loves the old man
explaining why the narrator hid the body after the murder
12
Why does the narrator wait a week before killing the old man?
He must see the old man's eye first
waits for the darkest night of the week
feels guilty about taking a human life
likes frightening the old man repeatedly

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