Choose the best answer for each question. At the end of the quiz, your score will appear here. Note: this quiz is based on the original story. Some of the questions and answers may not be applicable to our simplified story.
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What was special about the weather during the five days before the narrator's servants found the old man?
The moon and the sun were both in the sky at the same time.
The nights were so cloudless that you could clearly see the stars in the sky.
The seasons had changed much more quickly than usual.
Where did the people in the house think the old man came from?
Another planet
The wind and the night.
A distant country.
What did the narrator's servants say about the old man when they found him lying on the ground?
He did not seem prepared for traveling and was not carrying a bag.
It was a pity they had to carry him in and take him to their master.
He was crying out about a problem with his tongue.
What does the narrator think is the first thing that should have told him that the old man would bring trouble?
The old man seemed unusually slow in learning English.
There was something in the old man's eyes that scared him.
The old man sat in his house for a long time without giving a sign of going.
Why does the narrator think it took so long for the old man to become healthy again?
For many days the old man seemed unable to stand up.
It was part of a plan by the old man to stay in his house for a long time.
He thought the old man had fallen in love with his wife.
What made the narrator begin to understand what was happening?
He saw changes in both himself and the stranger.
He found out that the stranger was feeding on his blood at night.
He started to feel heavy and saw that he was putting on weight.
Why didn't the narrator's wife agree to send the stranger away when he first explained what was happening to him?
She wasn't worried about it because the stranger was planning to become a soldier.
She liked the stranger and probably thought her husband was imagining things.
She laughed at her husband and told him to stay in his room until he got over it.
What did the narrator say was his last and greatest concern?
Growing old too quickly and dying.
Losing his wife to the stranger.
Having no one to take care of his garden..
Why did the narrator go down into his garden at the end of the story?
To give his gold watch to the stranger.
To think about something his wife had said.
To stop the stranger from destroying his flowers.
At the end of the story the narrator's wife is looking down at them from her window with "wet and happy" eyes. Why are her eyes wet and happy?
She is happy because her husband will soon die and she will be able to marry the stranger.
She thinks her husband is starting to like the stranger because he gave him his gold watch.
The stranger has become very young, and she feels as if he is her child.