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Multiple Choice: Why does the caretaker want to harm the old man?
Because he was creeped out by his eye
Because the dogs wouldn't stop barking.
Because the old man stole his car.
Because the caretaker hated the old man.
Multiple Choice: What is the caretaker trying to convince us of?
The old man attacked him.
That he isn't crazy or "mad"
The dogs were mean.
Multiple Choice: What are the 2 main symbols in the story?
A fork and spoon
Money and fame
The heart and the eye
A car and a house
Multiple Choice: What does the narrator say the eye looks like to him?
A mouse's eye.
The eye of a needle.
A cat's eye.
The eye of a vulture; pale blue with a film over it.
Multiple Choice: Whose heartbeat does the narrator hear?
His own (but he thinks it is the old man's).
The dead old man's.
The old man's cat.
How do you know the caretaker is insane? Give at least 2 examples.
1. He kills the old man 2. He thinks the eye is evil 3. He thinks he has a clear mind but has extraordinary hearing 4. He broke down and turned himself in
Multiple Choice: When did the caretaker kill the old man?
Before lunch.
During the night.
During a birthday party.
Multiple Choice: Which best describes the conflict of the story?
The old man stole the caretakers money.
The narrator resents the old man and wants him to die.
The narrator kills the man bc of his eye and heartbeat.
Multiple Choice: Why did the police come to the door?
The dogs were barking.
The kids down the street found the old man's body.
A neighbor reported hearing a scream.
The old man called 911.
Multiple Choice: How did the police know the caretaker killed the old man?
The cat led the police to the body.
The maid told on him.
The police found the evidence when the entered the house.
He panicked and told on himself.
Multiple Choice: Where does the caretaker hide the old man's body?
In the wall.
Buried him in the backyard.
Under the floorboard.
In the ceiling.
Multiple Choice: The beating heart is a symbol of the caretakers....
Joy
Guilt
Happiness
Love
Multiple Choice: What does the old man do when he hears a noise?
Sit up and ask "Who's there?"
Jump out the window.
Start to cry.
Pretends to be asleep.
Multiple Choice: The mood of "The Tell Tale Heart" be described as...
Funny
Happy
Peaceful
Creepy
Multiple Choice: Who's heartbeat did the caretaker hear?
The police officer's?
The old man's.
The cat's.
His own because he was panicked.
Multiple Choice: Why does the caretaker admit to killing the old man?
He wants to make the police officer's happy.
He wants to go to jail.
He misses the old man.
He is overwhelmed by guilt.
