Poe's The Black Cat

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1. Out of all the different kinds of animals, what kind of animal did the narrator and his wife NOT have? A dog A rat A goldfish A rabbit

2. What animal did the narrator cut the eye out of? The dog The cat The rat The rabbit

3. What was specifically caught on fire in the story? The rug The narrator's wife The narrator's coat The curtains

4. What had the narrator hung in the garden? The narrator's wife The dog The cat The rabbit

5. What did the narrator's eye fall upon in his gaze around his den? A cat A figure moving through the room A ghost of his wife A note from his wife to him about an affair she had

6. What was weird about the new cat? The missing leg The missing tail The missing tooth The missing eye

7. Who or what did the narrator kill with the axe? His rabbit His cat His wife His dog

8. Where did the narrator put the person or thing that he killed with the axe? The wall in the den The wall in the cellar The well The sewer

9. What other Poe story is this story similar to? The Purloined Letter The Masque of the Red Death The Gold Bug The Tell-Tale Heart

10. What happened at the end? The police smelled something A white cat came in, led the police to the wall The narrator confessed A noise was heard