This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > The Ransom Of Red Chief – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Ransom Of Red Chief Quiz 10 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does Mr. Dorset do that shows thatthe men are not alone in their feelingsabout the boy? A) Tells the men that they can keep theboy with them at the cave. B) Warns the men to return the boy atnight so that the neighbors do not seethem. C) Sends a bike messenger to theappointed place to drop off a note. D) Agrees to Sam's instructions aboutwhere to pay the ransom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Warns the men to return the boy atnight so that the neighbors do not seethem. 2. What message or theme do you learn from this story? A) If you commit the crime, you must do the time. B) Good people are everywhere. C) Happy people make sad people happy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If you commit the crime, you must do the time. 3. Name an antonym for accede. A) Take. B) Allow. C) Accept. D) Refuse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Refuse. 4. What was the first thing the boy does to Bill? A) Cut him. B) Shave his head. C) Hit him with a brick. D) Gave him hug. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cut him. 5. To spread throughout A) Pervade. B) Collaborate. C) Surreptitiously. D) Palatable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pervade. 6. An example of alliteration is ..... A) If the shoe fits, wear it. B) She sells seashells by the seashore. C) Who are you, you hooligan, you?. D) My heart is like an ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She sells seashells by the seashore. 7. A man looked out of the window to see the storm intensify. He turned to his friend and said "Wonderful weather we're having!" A) Verbal irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Situational irony. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbal irony. 8. Pleasant or acceptable to the taste A) Surreptitiously. B) Renegade. C) Proclivities. D) Palatable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Palatable. 9. Why didn't the boy try to escape from Bill and Sam? A) He did not kjnow where he was. B) He was having too much fun. C) He was too far from home. D) He was afreaid they would catch him. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was having too much fun. 10. Bill and Sam kidnap a young boy who goes by the name of Red Chief. A) Character vs. character. B) Character vs. self. C) Character vs. nature. D) Character vs. society. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Character vs. character. 11. When is the climax of the story? A) When Johnny sneaks up behind Bill and Bill doesn't know it. B) When they receive the reply from Dorset asking for money. C) When Johnny throws a piec of brick at Bill. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When they receive the reply from Dorset asking for money. 12. An act of attacking or plundering A) Peremptory. B) Undeleterious. C) Diatribe. D) Depred. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Depred. 13. The man from the west, his egotism enlarged by success, was beginning to outline the history of his career. What does the word 'egotism' mean? A) At the same time. B) Talk about oneself tooo much. C) Miserably. D) At a fixed time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Talk about oneself tooo much. 14. (v.) to agree A) Accede. B) Collaborate. C) Comply. D) Ransom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accede. 15. Short Story, "The Elevator"What information do we learn in the story's exposition? A) Martin's father works from home. B) Martin has a fear of elevators. C) The identity of Terry Ullman. D) The description of Martin, the elevator, and the building. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The description of Martin, the elevator, and the building. 16. The awful smell from the sewage plant seemed to ..... throughout our house ..... A) Commend. B) Comply. C) Pervade. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pervade. 17. To praise or express approval A) Comply. B) Commend. C) Collaborate. D) Provisions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Commend. 18. What was the name of the victim chosen by the men? A) Maypole. B) Ebenezer Dorset. C) Bill Driscoll. D) Johnny. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Johnny. 19. This occurs when the reader knows what is going to happen, but the character in a story does not. A) Verbal irony. B) Context clue. C) Allusion. D) Dramatic irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dramatic irony. 20. How much money did Sam and Bill have at the beginning of the story? A) $ 250.00. B) $ 600.00. C) $ 1000.00. D) $ 2000.00. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) $ 600.00. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesThe Ransom Of Red Chief Quiz 1The Ransom Of Red Chief Quiz 2The Ransom Of Red Chief Quiz 3The Ransom Of Red Chief Quiz 4The Ransom Of Red Chief Quiz 5The Ransom Of Red Chief Quiz 6The Ransom Of Red Chief Quiz 7The Ransom Of Red Chief Quiz 8The Ransom Of Red Chief Quiz 9The Ransom Of Red Chief Quiz 11 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books