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Why is the narrator telling the story?
To explain why he killed the old man.
To show that he is not mentally ill.
So that people can see how clever he is.
What made the narrator decide to kill the old man?
The old man had taken the eye from a dead vulture.
He did not like it when the old man looked at him.
He had thought about it every day over many weeks.
Why did the narrator look into the old man's bedroom every night during the week before he killed him?
To make sure that the old man was sleeping well.
To see if the old man's vulture eye was open.
To check that the old man was still covered by his blankets.
Why did the narrator take a lantern into the old man's bedroom?
Because it was very dark and he could not see.
To shine a light on the old man's vulture eye.
Because the vulture eye was closed and he couldn't complete his work.
What does the narrator think woke the old man on the night that he killed him?
A soft laugh.
Wind in the chimney.
Insects in the wall.
What does the narrator think the old man was frightened of as he was sitting up in bed after being woken?
Someone looking in through the opening in the door.
A feeling that he was about to die.
The sound of an in insect in the wall or a mouse crossing the floor.
What was the narrator worried that a neighbour might hear through the wall?
The beating of the old man's heart.
The old man's scream.
The sound of him killing the old man.
Why did the narrator place his chair over the place under which he had hidden the old man's body.
So that the police wouldn't see any blood on the floor.
So that the police wouldn't think to look under the floor boards.
Because he was sure that the police believed his story.
What could NOT have been making the sound that made the narrator speak and act like a madman in front of the police?
The beating of the narrator's heart.
The beating of the old man's heart.
The ringing sound in the narrator's ears.
Why did the narrator think that the police were being cruel to him?
Because he thought they were making fun of him.
Because they saw that he was in agony but did nothing about it.
Because they sat and chatted about familiar things.