The Black Cat

1. What did the narrator tell the reader before he began the story?

• a.  he wanted to caution the reader about falling into the same trap he fell in.
• b.  he had no memory of what happened.
• c.  he would die tomorrow and he wanted to unburden his soul.
• d.  he was unjustly accused of a crime he did not commit.

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2.  The narrator blames his change in mood and behavior on

• a.   a brain tumor
• b.   alcohol
• c.  a curse put on him
• d.  his wife divorcing him

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3.  What  did the narrator hang in the garden?

• a.  the cat
• b.  a rabbit
• c.  a dog
• d.  the narrator's wife

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4.  What happened to the narrator's first house?

• a.  it was foreclosed on, and he was evicted.
• b.  it was burglarized
• c.  it was destroyed by a flood
• d.  it burned down, except one wall.

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5.  The story alludes to the superstition that cats are really

• a.  witches in disguise
• b.  our dead ancestors
• c.  the ghost of murdered people
• d.  not good pets to have

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6.   What is ironic about the two cats?

• a.  they both scratch the narrator
• b.  they both have only one eye 
• c.  they are both killed by the narrator
• d.  they both have a white patch on their chest

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7.  The first cat was named after which of the following?

• a.  a type of diseases that cats get
• b.  the greek god of the underworld
• c.  the roman god of the underworld
• d.  the name of the narrator's  girlfriend

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8.  The definition of the word  gallows means

• a.  an informal term for a young man
• b.   a ghostly appearing figure
• c.  an instrument of execution, used to hang a condemned person ; a wooden frame
• d.  a figment of one's imagination

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9.  Who or what did the narrator kill with an axe?

• a.  the cat
• b.  the narrator's wife
• c.  the rabbit
• d.  the dog

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10.  Where did the police find the narrator's second cat?

• a.  down a storm drain
• b.  hanging from a tree, like the first cat
• c.  inside the wall with the body of the narrator's wife
• d.  on the roof of the house

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