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