This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > The Ransom Of Red Chief – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Ransom Of Red Chief Quiz 12 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which word means a suggested plan? A) Comply. B) Proposition. C) Pervade. D) Impudent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Proposition. 2. What is the definition of commend? A) To speak highly of; to praise. B) A suggested plan. C) Able to be eaten; acceptable taste. D) To act according to a command or request. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To speak highly of; to praise. 3. Which sentence used peremptory correctly? A) The prison guard spoke to the inmate in a peremptory tone. B) She is very peremptory. C) I have a peremptory. D) Those shoes are very peremptory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The prison guard spoke to the inmate in a peremptory tone. 4. What are the five elements of plot listed in the correct sequence? A) Resolution, climax, rising action, falling action, exposition. B) Characterization, conflict, climax, falling action, resolution. C) Indirect and direct characterization, plot, setting, sequence. D) Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution. 5. (v.) to work together on a project A) Collaborate. B) Comply. C) Pervade. D) Impudent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Collaborate. 6. Three flies notice an overturned honey pot. Two of the flies decide to land in the honey and start eating it. But the oldest fly stays back. The two flies tease the older fly, but then get stuck in the honey. What is the theme of this story? A) Some prizes aren't worth it. B) Overeating leads to illness. C) Insects value food over safety. D) Always send a tester. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Some prizes aren't worth it. 7. Which quotation from the text BEST supports the answer to question 3? A) "'I'm Old Hank, the Trapper, Red Chief's captive, and I'm to be scalped at daybreak. By Geronimo! that kid can kick hard." '. B) "'I like to camp out. You won't take me back home again, Snake-eye, will you?' 'Not right away, ' says I.". C) "'Sure, ' said I. 'A rowdy kid like that is just the kind that parents dote on." '. D) "'You must keep the boy amused and quiet till I return.'". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "'I'm Old Hank, the Trapper, Red Chief's captive, and I'm to be scalped at daybreak. By Geronimo! that kid can kick hard." '. 8. Payment demanded for release of a person or property A) Diatribe. B) Ransom. C) Proposition. D) Impudent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ransom. 9. Why did Bill suggest lowering the ransom amount to $ 1, 500? A) He did not think Ebenezer Dorset had much money. B) He wanted to leave town as soon as possible. C) He came to enjoy the boy's company and wanted to help him. D) He did not think anyone would pay $ 2, 000 for the boy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He did not think anyone would pay $ 2, 000 for the boy. 10. The reader knowing the little boy is standing behind Bill, but Bill thinking he was long gone. A) Situational. B) Dramatic. C) Verbal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dramatic. 11. How much money did they need? A) $ 250. B) $ 600. C) $ 1500. D) $ 2000. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) $ 2000. 12. Who was Bill's favorite Biblical character? A) Moses. B) Jesus. C) King Herod. D) Noah. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) King Herod. 13. Who were the kidnappers? A) Bill and Sam. B) Johnny and Ebenezer. C) Bill Driscoll and Sam Dorset. D) Jhonny and Ebenezer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bill and Sam. 14. How much money did Bill and Sam finally ask for? A) 2, 000. B) 250. C) 1, 500. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1, 500. 15. What does the word peremptory most likely mean as used in the following sentence: "I thought it best to send a peremptory letter to old man Dorset that day demanding the ransom and dictating how it should be paid." A) Apology. B) Urgent. C) Legal. D) Letter with a map. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Urgent. 16. Who is Ebenezer Dorset? A) Sam's father. B) Red Chief's father. C) A kidnapper. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red Chief's father. 17. Where did Pecos Bill grow up? A) Oklahoma. B) Texas. C) Mississippi. D) Alabama. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Texas. 18. Who suffered the most in this story? A) Red Chief. B) Bill. C) Sam. D) Ebenezer Dorset. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bill. 19. Small mischievous devil or sprite; a mischievous child; usually used to describe someone's bad behavior. A) Courier. B) Impudent. C) Imp. D) Pervade. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imp. 20. To speak highly of; to praise A) Collaborate. B) Commend. C) Comply. D) Impudent. 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