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Questions about The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe

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What did the man do to this wife? Why?

He killed her because he was angry at the cat that almost made him trip, tried to kill it but the wife got in the middle.

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What type of narrator do we have in this story?

1st person narrator

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What characteristic do the man and woman share?

They both love animals, especially pets

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Name three types of animals the man and woman had at home.

a goldfish, birds, a dog, a cat,

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What was the name of the cat?

Pluto

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What addiction did the man have?

He was an alcoholic

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How did his personality change because of his addiction?

He become more angry, less loving, he didn't smile or laugh

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Why did he get angry when he came home one night from the inn at the beginning of the story?

The cat avoided him and behaved in a different way from its usual way.

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What was the first violent action the man did against the cat?

He took its eye out.

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What was his second violent action against the cat?

He hung it and killed it with a rope.

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Why did the man cry while killing the cat?

Because he knew the cat had loved him and yet he killed it.

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What happened to his house during the same night he killed the cat?

His house burned.

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What happened while the man was drinking at the inn after what happened to his house? Why was this strange?

He found a cat that extremely similar to his previous cat.

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What similarity did the two cats have?

They had an eye missing.

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Why was the man angry at the new cat?

It always followed him and made him nearly trip because it walked between his feet.

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What did the man do with his wife's body?

The man put the body inside an old fireplace and covered the wall with rocks.

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