What tragic event happens to the narrator–during which he sees a what looks like his dead cat?  

Despite the dangers of the war, two girls named Cora and Alice, insist on traveling to visit their father who is an important colonel.   

Herman Melville settled in Massacuhsetts and had an ongoing friendship with another famous American writer; this writer was Benjamin Franklin.  

Which of the following is true, concerning Harriet Beecher Stowe?  

Melville claimed that his life “began at age twenty-five” and it was at that time he began writing about the South Seas and other maritime situations.  

What does the narrator hear before killing?  

At the end of the story, the narrator thinks he hears the beating of the dead man’s heart.

Before disposing of the body, the narrator:  

What word best describes the narrator?  

The story is set in or near the city of: