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

He must see the old man's eye first

Why is the narrator upset with the police near 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

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Poe and The Tell-Tale Heart

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"The Tell-Tell Heart" Reading Comprehension Check

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1
What is the narrator's tone throughout The Tell-Tale Heart?
paranoid
depressed
frightened
happy
2
Why does the narrator want to kill the old man?
The narrator is a serial killer
He is too noisy at night
It is an accident
His creepy eye bothers him
3
Why does the narrator invite the police in?
to chat with them
to show them the body
to help him stay calm
to prove he in not guilty
4
How does the narrator say he feels about the old man in the story?
He loves him
He is creeped out by him.
He is glad they are neighbors
He is a bad neighbor
5
What is the overall mood?
sinister
excited
casual
hilarious
6
"It was his hideous heart!"
alliteration
hyperbole
simile
personification
7
Why does the narrator wait a week before killing the old man?
waits for the darkest night of the week
feels guilty about taking a human life
likes frightening the old man repeatedly
He must see the old man's eye first
8
Why is the narrator upset with the police near 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
9
Who arrives at the narrator's door at night?
The narrator's mother
The old man's wife
The old man's dog
The police
10
"He had the eye of a vulture--a pale blue eye with a film over it" is an example of
dialect
a simile
irony
imagery
11
In what city did Edgar Allan Poe grow up?
Atlanta
Richmond
New York
Baltimore
12
In this sentence, "I had been too wary for that," wary means...
Sleepy
Loopy
Vexed
Cautious
13
The beating heart symbolizes
the old man's heart
the narrator's insanity
the narrator's guilt
the narrator's sanity
14
Why is it ironic that the old man fears robbers?
He is a robber
He has been robbed before
He needs to be worried about the people inside, not out
He has never been robbed

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