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The Tell-Tale Heart

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    the tell tale heart - edgar allan poe
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  • What sense does the narrator say is well-developed?
    his hearing
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  • What feature of the old man makes the narrator nervous?
    His eye
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  • When does the narrator attack the old man?
    At night
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  • How many nights pass before the man is killed?
    seven nights
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  • How many police officers show up?
    3
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  • Did the narrator hide the body under the floorboards or in a closet?
    under the floorboards
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  • What do you think the noise represents?
    His conscience
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  • Can the police officers hear the same noise?
    no
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  • What does the narrator think he is hearing?
    The old man's heartbeat
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  • What is the narrator actually hearing?
    His own heartbeat.
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  • TRUE OR FALSE. The old man screamed before he was murdered
    TRUE
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  • How did the old man die?
    He was suffocated.
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  • TRUE OR FALSE The narrator hated the old man.
    FALSE
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  • TRUE OR FALSE The narrator killed the man on the seventh night.
    FALSE
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  • TRUE OR FALSE The narrator used the bedcovers to suffocate the old man,
    TRUE
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  • COMPLETE The narrator compares the old man’s eye with …..
    the eye of a vulture.
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