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Cumulative Exam — Cumulative exam

Question 50 • NY-Common Core ELA 12

Read the excerpt from "The Tell-Tale Heart."It grew louder, I say, louder every moment!—do you mark me well I have told you that I am nervous: so I am. And now at the dead hour of the night, amid the dreadful silence of that old house, so strange a noise as this excited me to uncontrollable terror. Yet, for some minutes longer I refrained and stood still. But the beating grew louder, louder! I thought the heart must burst. And now a new anxiety seized me—the sound would be heard by a neighbour!

Answer
A
indecisive about killing the old man.
B
confused by the odd quiet in the house.
C
afraid he will lose his nerve and run away.
D
worried his own heart will explode from terror.