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  • derision
    intelligence and good judgement
    contempt
    boldness
    sophistication
  • Why does the narrator confess to the police?
    he wants to convince them he is sane
    he regrets what he has done
    he thinks they know he killed the old man
    he believes the murder will make him famous
  • suavity
    ridicule
    shamless impudence
    sophistification
    forcefully
  • rodeo
    a show or contest of cowboy skills
    to become highly skilled in something
    to take care of something or someone
    someone who entertains by not moving their lips
  • subject
    a show or contest off cowboy skills
    a long tube with mirrors fitted in a submarine
    a vehicle pulled by horses
    likely to have
  • periscope
    a long tube with mirrors used in submarines
    to become highly skilled in something
    likely to have
    a person or child of unusual or marvelous talents
  • waning
    to become gradually less in size, strength, or importance
    to hide your true feelings or intentions
    to disturb
    to choose as a representative or representatives
  • vex
    to hide your true feelings or intentions
    to annoy
    to become gradually less in size, strength, or importance
    to choose as a representative or representatives
  • What will most likely happen to the narrator?
    he will become good friends with the neighbor
    he will become a police officer
    he will move to a new house
    he will be arrested by the police
  • gesticulations
    intelligence or good judgement
    boldness
    the act of using hand movements to add emphasis
    contempt
  • dissimulated
    to hide your true feelings or intentions
    to become gradually less in size, strength, or importance
    to choose as a representative or representatives
    to annoy
  • How do the police respond to the narrator's ranting and raving?
    they ignore him because they think he is crazy
    they believe his story and leave the house
    they continue to chat pleasantly
    they accuse him of murdering the old man
  • Why do authors choose to write in dialect?
    dialect always uses correct grammar
    dialect makes their characters seem more real
    dialect makes people easier to understand
    dialect can add a lot of suspense to the plot
  • What is an allusion?
    a reference to something familiar in current events
    a way a writer makes something seem different than it is
    a quotation from a well-known writer
    a hint from an author to help you know what will happen
  • grateful
    a vehicle pulled by horses
    feeling thankful for kindness or something pleasant
    likely to have
    a person or child with unusual or marvelous talents
  • What is the narrator trying to say at the beginning of "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
    the old man is not dead
    he is not insane
    the police are at the door
    he is insane
  • sagacity
    contempt
    boldness
    passionately
    intelligence and good judgement
  • vehemently
    passionately
    intelligence and good judgement
    contempt
    the act of using hand movements to add emphasis
  • ventriloquist
    the way others see a person or thing
    a show or contest of cowboy skills
    to take care of something or someone
    someone who entertains by speaking without moving lips
  • prodigy
    a vehicle pulled by horses
    a person or child with unusual or marvelous talents
    feeling thankful for kindness or something pleasing
    a long tube with mirrors used in submarines
  • Which of the following happens last in the story?
    the narrators opens the door to the old man's chamber
    the narrator shows the police where to find the body
    the narrator kills the old man
    the narrator opens a small crevice in the lantern
  • What is the "concrete jungle" that Squeaky's grandfather refers to?
    New York City
    the neighborhood park
    Amsterdam Avenue
    the sschool playground
  • deputed
    to become gradually less in size, strength, or importance
    to delegate authority or responsibility to another or others
    to annoy
    to hide your true feelings or intentions
  • What reason does the narrator give for murdering the old man?
    the narrator wants the old man's gold
    the narrator hates he old man
    the old man frightens the neighbors
    the old man's eye is like a vulture's
  • audacity
    contempt
    intelligence
    smoothness
    boldness
  • Who is Raymond?
    Squeaky's uncle
    Squeaky's teacher
    Squeaky's brother
    Squeaky's dad
  • stagecoach
    a person or child of marvelous or unusual talents
    someone who entertains people by not moving their lips
    vehicle pulled by horses
    they way others see a person or thing
  • minded
    to become highly skilled in something
    feeling thankful for kindness or something pleasing
    the way others see a person or thing
    to take care of someone or something
  • What kind of person is Squeaky?
    dishonest
    lazy
    competitive
    funny
  • Where does the narrator conceal the corpse of the old man?
    under the floor of the old man's chamber
    under the tree behind the house
    in the attic above the old man's chamber
    in the pond behind the house
  • reputation
    to take care of something or someone
    someone who entertains people without moving their lips
    the way other people see a person or thing
    to show or contest off cowboy skills
  • master
    likely to have
    to become highly skilled in something
    a long tube with mirrors used in submarines
    feeling thankful for kindness or something pleasing
  • Why do Gretchen and Squeaky smile after the race?
    they are glad to see each other
    they learn that they tied for first place in the race
    they see Raymond climb the fence
    they have come to respect each other
  • What literary technique is used when someone says the opposite of what he or she means?
    dramatic irony
    paraphrasing
    verbal irony
    situational irony
  • Why is Squeaky so irritated by Cynthia Procter?
    Cynthia is a better runner than Squeaky
    Cynthia pretends that things come easily to her?
    Cynthia never needs to practice or study
    Cynthia makes fun of Raymond
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