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