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