Monkey's Paw
Tell Tale Heart
The Landlady
Vocabulary
Characters
100

How did Herbert die?

Caught in the machinery

100

How many policemen were at the door, when they knocked?

3

100

The town Billy arrives in at the beginning of the story.

Bath

100

These are the fronts of buildings.

facades

100

Who Had the Freaky EYE

The "old guy"

200

Mrs. White was doing this while waiting for the visitor?

Knitting

200

Why did the narrator take pleasure in killing the man?

Because he was bothered by the old mans eye and once he killed the old man the eye was also gone and the thing that bothered him was over.

200

This is the only thing the Landlady asks Billy to do before going to bed.

To sign the guestbook

200

Someone who is respectful or agreeable.

congenial

200

Who is Mr. Perkins?

Someone that the landlady calls Billy by.

300

What was an example of an internal conflict in "The Monkey's Paw"?

various

300

How does the narrator kill the old man, and where does the narrator put the body when he is killed?

The narrator kills the old man, by dragging the bed on top of his body. He then hides the body underneath floor boards.

300

This is the way Billy believes successful businessmen walk and act.

Briskly

300

A peculiar smell seemed to ______ from her person.

emanate

300

What was the boy's name who was killed with tea?

Billy Weaver

400

What is one foreshadowing that happened?

various

400

When does the narrator kill the man? What night is it?


The narrator kills the man on the 8th night.

400

These two WWII world leaders are described as being linked like the two men in the Landlady's guestbook. (Hint: One is a U.S. President, the other a British Prime Minister.)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Winston Churchill

400

When a person is intelligent and makes good judgment, he is showing

Sagacity

400

What were the mysterious names in the guest book?

Christopher Mulholland, Gregory Temple

500

What did Mrs. White mean when she said " I forgot it was 2 miles away?"

She forgot the cemetry was 2 miles away and it would take Herbert awhile to walk to the house.

500

Why couldn't the narrator kill the old man on the first night?

The eye was closed - the old man was sleeping

500

The Landlady is described as being like this common childhood toy because of the way she answers the door when Billy rings the bell.

Jack in the box

500

A polite person is full of 

Suavity

500

What was the name of the pub that Billy was looking for?

The Bell and Dragon

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