This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > The Ransom Of Red Chief – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Ransom Of Red Chief Quiz 16 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Definition:a consideration paid or demanded for the release of someone or something from captivity A) Prominent. B) Ransom. C) Provisions. D) Captive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ransom. 2. What does misheard mean? A) Heard correctly. B) Heard again. C) Heard incorrectly. D) Heard before. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heard incorrectly. 3. Spread or be present through A) Pervade. B) Proposition. C) Ransom. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pervade. 4. Short Story, "The Elevator"Which statement best expresses the main conflict in the selection? A) Martin is an impressionable young man who is very uncomfortable with riding in a cramped elevator with others. B) Martin is a shy boy who has difficulty interacting with others, especially his father. C) Martin is a timid boy who is easily frightened by common things in life. D) Martin is a skittish young man who refuses to confront his fears. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Martin is a timid boy who is easily frightened by common things in life. 5. Definition:a mischievous child A) Terrorized. B) Ferocious. C) Desperate. D) Imp. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imp. 6. What is the conflict? A) The boy has been kidnapped. B) Sam and Bill are nice. C) The town is quiet. D) Red Chief is running away. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The boy has been kidnapped. 7. People that live in a place A) Inhabitants. B) Diatribe. C) Provisions. D) Dote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inhabitants. 8. (n.) a price or payment demanded in return for the release of a property or a person A) Proposition. B) Peasantry. C) Ransom. D) Treachery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ransom. 9. Which word means to go out and look around to obtain information about the geographical features of a land? A) Decry. B) Recognize. C) Accede. D) Palatable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Recognize. 10. When Sam returned, Bill was exhausted and went into a ..... against the entire project. A) Impudent. B) Proposition. C) Pervade. D) Diatribe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diatribe. 11. Foreshadowing occurs early in the story when the narrator first describes Johnny as ..... A) Having red hair. B) Throwing rocks at a kitten. C) The son of a prominent citizen in the small town of Summit. D) "the terror of the plains" while playing Indian. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The son of a prominent citizen in the small town of Summit. 12. Wicked and cruel (evil, wicked, diabolical) A) Dastardly. B) Ferocious. C) Dictating. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dastardly. 13. Why did Bill add 500 dollars to the ransom? A) The boy threw a piece of brick at him. B) The boy was throwing rocks at some kittens. C) The boy fought back like a welterweight cinnamon bear. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The boy threw a piece of brick at him. 14. They stored ..... In the cave. A) Knife. B) Buggy car. C) Provisions. D) I can. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Provisions. 15. Which set of words and phrases BEST reveals the character of the kidnappers? A) "scheme, " "desperate, " "spirit was broken". B) "celebrated, " "collaborated, " "ought to commend itself to professional kidnappers". C) "demanding, " "never lost my nerve, " "willing to take a chance". D) "got him down in the bottom of the buggy, " "troubled, " "posted my letter surreptitiously". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "scheme, " "desperate, " "spirit was broken". 16. What genre focuses on solving a problem? A) Adventure. B) Mystery. C) Romance. D) Science Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mystery. 17. What were the top crime fighting methods in 1910? A) Fingerprints and eyewitness testimony. B) Trace evidence such as DNA and lie detector tests. C) Bloodhounds and video surveillance. D) Search parties and bloodhounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fingerprints and eyewitness testimony. 18. To speak highly of A) Collaborate. B) Comply. C) Commend. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commend. 19. Which statement foreshadows that Sam will agree to Mr. Dorset's demand? A) Sam leaves Bill with the boy to delver the ransom note. B) Sam admits to Bill that the boy has gotten on his nerves too. C) Bill tells the boy to quit kicking or he will be in trouble. D) Bill asks Sam to only ask for $ 1500 in ransom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sam admits to Bill that the boy has gotten on his nerves too. 20. How much money did Sam and Bill NEED at the beginning of the story? A) $ 600.00. B) $ 1500.00. C) $ 250.00. D) $ 2000.00. 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