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Tell-Tale Heart: pre-reading vocabulary

Quiz by Mary Stormon-Flynn

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24 questions
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  • Q1
    A VULTURE is a bird that hovers over and eats creatures that are ...
    sick
    dead
    frightened
    unhappy
    30s
  • Q2
    A vulture's eyes ...
    are dark
    do not have a good ability to see
    are very clear
    are very unclear and unblurry
    30s
  • Q3
    The expression, "My blood ran cold" means ...
    you feel cold
    you feel very uncomfortable
    you are dead
    you feel comfortable
    30s
  • Q4
    In the story, the Tell-Tale Heart, there is an old man with an ugly eye.
    True
    The story doesn't tell us this.
    False
    There are two men with an ugly eye.
    30s
  • Q5
    In the story, a young man lives in the house of an old man.
    The story doesn't tell us this.
    False
    True
    30s
  • Q6
    The young man in the house calls the old man's eye, an ...
    unattractive eye
    evil eye
    uncomfortable
    ugly eye
    30s
  • Q7
    The young man gets .... when he looks at the old man's eye.
    nervous
    unhappy
    sick
    angry
    30s
  • Q8
    The old man's eye "vexes" the young man. A SYNONYM for "vexes" is ...
    looks at
    annoys
    stares at
    scares
    30s
  • Q9
    In the story, the young man wants to kill the old man.
    True
    The story doesn't tell us.
    False
    30s
  • Q10
    Neighbors hear loud sounds from the old man's house. Neighbors are ...
    your friends
    people who are walking by your house
    people who live near your home
    your family
    30s
  • Q11
    The story takes place ...
    in the middle of the day
    in the afternoon
    in the morning
    at night
    30s
  • Q12
    The EXPOSITION of a story is ...
    the most exciting part of a story
    the conflict
    when the action rises (gets better)
    the introduction / the beginning
    30s
  • Q13
    The CLIMAX is ...
    when the action rises
    the end of a story
    the most exciting part of a story
    the introduction or beginning
    30s
  • Q14
    A SYNONYM for "rise" in "The action rises" is ...
    ascends
    ends
    starts
    descends
    30s
  • Q15
    A SYNONYM for "ascend" in, "The action ascends" is ...
    ends
    rises
    descends
    starts
    30s

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