What events from "The Black Cat seem to prove the wife's superstition about cats to be correct? A. The wife stops the narrator from killing the second cat in the cellar. B. The rrator hides the body of his wife within the wall of is cellar. C. The narrator hangs the first black cat from a tree in his yard. D. The house burns to the ground the day after the narrator kills the first cat.

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25 June, 15:54

What events from "The Black Cat seem to prove the wife's superstition about cats to be correct? A. The wife stops the narrator from killing the second cat in the cellar. B. The rrator hides the body of his wife within the wall of is cellar. C. The narrator hangs the first black cat from a tree in his yard. D. The house burns to the ground the day after the narrator kills the first cat.

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Selena Howell · Answer 1

The correct option is D.

'The Black Cat' is a novel written by Edgar Allan Poe in 1843. The story is about a couple who loved pets and kept various types of pet in their house including a big, black cat called pluto. The wife believed that cat generally are not ordinary animals, but her husband did not share this belief. The wife's belief was prove right when the couple's house became inflamed and burned to the ground on the night of the day that the man killed the cat, pluto.

Rey · Answer 2

The answer is D. The day after the narrator killed the cat by hanging it from one of the beams of their cellar, their house burned to the ground. They were sleeping when their neighbors’ cries woke them up only to find out that their house is on fire.