
The Tell Tale Heart
Quiz by Mary Zastoupil
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- Q1What did the narrator say that the illness had done for his senses?made him able to hear things on Earth and in Hell.able to flyhave X-ray visionable to hear things in heaven and hell30s
- Q2What bothered the narrator about the old man?his limphis eyehis arthritisbad personality30s
- Q3What did the narrator do every night around midnight?went to look in on the old manread a good booktook a long, relaxing walkfixed some hot milk30s
- Q4What did the beating of the old man's heart sound like?like a watch enveloped in cottona dripping fauceta drumThe Raven tapping on a window30s
- Q5How did the narrator kill the old man?he hit him in the headHe smothered himhe shot himhe stabbed him30s
- Q6How long did it take the narrator to place his head in the door to watch the old man sleep?30 minutes15 minutesan hour45 minutes30s
- Q7How many nights did the narrator watch the old man sleep before he killed him?768330s
- Q8Why couldn't the narrator kill the old man the first night he watched him sleep?he got cold feethe was scaredthe eye wasn't open?he knew it was wrong30s
- Q9How did the narrator wake the old man?He knocked over a lampHe bumped into the bedHis thumb hit the lanternHe hit the door of the room30s
- Q10What did the narrator do to conceal the body?dismembered it and hid it under the floorburied itsealed it up in the wallburned it30s
- Q11Why did the police come to the house?a shriek was heardthey saw a light onsomeone called for the policea person was heard calling for help30s
- Q12What time did the police come?4 am1 am10 pmmidnight30s
- Q13Why did the narrator confess?because he kept hearing a heartbeathe was ready to see what the inside of police station looked likehe was tired of feeling losthe was hearing voices telling him to confess30s