The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
What is the reason the narrator gives for killing the old man?
What is The vulture eye?
What common food item is central to Atwood's story?
What is bread?
What are the names of the mother’s two daughters?
What is Dee and Maggie?
What activity are the father and son doing in the story?
What is skiing?
Who is narrating the story?
What is A woman looking back on her first day os school?
How does the narrator try to prove his sanity?
What is the narrator's careful explanation and execution?
What is Atwood asking readers to question through this story?
What is The privilege and assumptions we have about everyday items like food?
What item does Dee want to take from her mother’s house that causes conflict?
What is a quilt?
Why does the father take a risk by driving through the snow?
What is To get his son home in time for Christmas, despite his wife's warnings?
Why is the mother nervous in the story?
What is She is worried about doing the right things to ensure her daughter has a good start in school?
What literary device is used heavily in this story, where the narrator hears the old man's heartbeat even after he is dead?
What is Irony or Guilt?
How does Atwood’s writing style change as the story progresses?
What is shifting perspectives, moving from a personal to a universal perspective?
What does the quilt symbolize in the story?
What is Family heritage and cultural identity.
What does the snow symbolize in the story?
What is Obstacles in life and the unpredictability of relationships?
What does the mother’s struggle with literacy reveal about her character?
What is It shows her determination to give her daughter a better life despite her own limitations.
Where does the narrator hide the old man’s body?
What is under the floorboards?
In the story, what does the bread symbolize?
What is Life, privilege, and moral dilemmas regarding food and scarcity.
What new name does Dee adopt, and why?
What is Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo, to connect with her African heritage.
How does the son feel about his father at the beginning of the story?
What is irresponsible and unreliable?
What theme does the story explore through the mother and daughter’s relationship?
What is The importance of education and parental sacrifice.
How does Poe create suspense in the story?
(There are a couple ways to answer this)
What is through repetition, short sentences, tension, anticipation, and the narrator’s unreliable nature.
How does Atwood use hypothetical (imagined) situations in this story?
What is presenting scenarios that explore ethical questions and make readers confront their own assumptions.
How does Walker explore the theme of heritage in this story?
What is By contrasting Dee's superficial view of heritage with Maggie and her mother’s living, practical connection to it?
By the end of the story, what lesson does the son learn from his father?
What is to embrace uncertainty and finds some respect for his father’s carefree nature?
How does the story convey the impact of socioeconomic status?
What is Through the mother’s challenges and the lengths she goes to ensure her daughter’s access to education, highlighting class differences.