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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
What is a tarn?
a school
a cave
a small house
a lake
2
Which word means "diseased; unhealthy"?
emaciated
morbid
palpable
obstinate
3
Which word means "short stay"?
emaciated
inordinate
sojourn
obstinate
4
True or False? The narrator and Madeline are good friends.
False
True
5
The vault was...
right below the room where the narrator slept
being used as a spare living room
full of bones and rats
out in the barn next to the moat
6
Usher's first name is...
Philip
Roderick
Allan
Roger
7
Which word means "stubborn"?
inordinate
emaciated
morbid
obstinate
8
Usher says Madeline's body and mind are...
engaged in dancing and creating music
wasting away
sharp as a tack
stronger each day
9
In his letter, Usher said he was...
missing his friend.
sick in the body and mind.
dying from cancer.
selling his mansion.
10
After Madeline kills Usher,
the House of Usher splits and crumbles into the moat.
the House of Usher evaporates into thin air.
Usher and Madeline are turned into stone statues.
she kills the narrator, too.
11
Usher says Madeline is dead. He and the narrator...
take her to the funeral home
lay her body on the dining room table
put her in an iron casket
bury her in the church cemetery
12
Madeline is Usher's...
mother
cousin
sister
daughter
13
Which phrase describes the House of Usher?
modern architecture, spotlessly clean
70 rooms with golden chandeliers
surrounded by fruit trees and flowers
crumbling stone walls, windows staring like vacant eyes
14
In the story, the narrator comes to the House of Usher because...
he is attending a party.
an old friend wrote a letter asking him to come.
he is visiting his girlfriend.
he is lost in a fog.
15
The narrator finds out that Usher and Madeline
were secretly married
were wanted by the police
were twins
were Russian royalty
16
Usher tells the narrator that he is...
suffering from an evil family mental disease
moving to Boston
getting married
writing a new novel
17
The narrator hears...
a sharp, grating, screaming sound from the dungeon
birds singing and chirping
music playing from the attic
bombs going off in the distance
18
As the narrator approaches the House of Usher, he feels...
ready to enjoy a good time
a deep sense of despair
joyful and happy to see his old friend
excited to meet Madeline
19
Which word means "excessive"?
pervaded
sojourn
inordinate
morbid
20
Which word means "obvious; perceivable"?
obstinate
palpable
sojourn
pervaded
21
The narrator is afraid that
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
he and Usher buried Madeline alive
22
Which word means "unusually thin"?
sojourn
emaciated
obstinate
inordinate
23
Which word means "spread throughout"?
pervaded
sojourn
palpable
inordinate
