This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > The Ransom Of Red Chief – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Ransom Of Red Chief Quiz 28 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The kidnappers were not expecting to have their request for a ..... rejected. A) Ransom. B) Surreptitiously. C) Proposition. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ransom. 2. What does ac-mean? A) Apart; away. B) Without; not. C) To; toward. D) Between or among. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To; toward. 3. To act according to a command or request A) Comply. B) Commend. C) Impudent. D) Diatribe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comply. 4. To praise A) Commend. B) Collaborate. C) Diatribe. D) Comply. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Commend. 5. What were the names of the two men? A) Sam and Bill. B) Sam and Ebenezer. C) Ebenezer and Bill. D) Bill and Dorset. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sam and Bill. 6. The men could not make Red Chief ..... with any of Bill's requests. A) Ransom. B) Comply. C) Collaborate. D) Palatable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comply. 7. What part of speech is "humiliate?" A) Verb. B) Noun. C) Adjective. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb. 8. What does WWTW stand fr A) Word Within the Word. B) Wall Within the Wall. C) Wizard Within the Wizard. D) Willy Wonka the Wizard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Word Within the Word. 9. Which of the following is an example of irony? A) Red Chief made Bill his captive. B) Sam said he needed to sit up to rest his shoulder. C) Sam wrote a letter to Ebenezer Dorset. D) Bill and Sam came up with a plan to kidnap Red Chief. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red Chief made Bill his captive. 10. Which word means associated with, in, or near a wooded area? A) Sylvan. B) Renegade. C) Welterweight. D) Diatribe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sylvan. 11. Present as suitable for approval or acceptance; recommend. A) Ransom. B) Comply. C) Commend. D) Diatribe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commend. 12. What are some of the bad things Johnny does to Sam? A) Johnny does't do anything to Sam, it is Bill who he hits. B) He hits Sam with a rock. C) He rides Sam like a horse. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Johnny does't do anything to Sam, it is Bill who he hits. 13. An example of situational irony in O. Henry's story "Ransom of Red Chief" is that the kidnappers ..... A) Choose a child of a prominent citizen for their crime. B) Actually pay more money to the child's parent to return the kidnapped victim. C) Are named Sam and Bill. D) Do not choose a very good location to exchange the ransom money. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Actually pay more money to the child's parent to return the kidnapped victim. 14. Bill and Sam agree to return Red Chief, and they trick him into going home by promising him presents from his father. A) Exposition. B) Rising action. C) Falling action. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Falling action. 15. Theme means ..... A) The title of a piece of literature. B) The topic of a piece of literature. C) The overall message of a piece of literature. D) The feeling of a piece of literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The overall message of a piece of literature. 16. (v.) to speak highly of; to praise A) Collaborate. B) Proposition. C) Comply. D) Commend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Commend. 17. A company or employee of a company that transports commercial packages and documents. A) Imp. B) Courier. C) Palatable. D) Comply. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Courier. 18. Indescribable A) Ineffable. B) Renegade. C) Proposition. D) Palatable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ineffable. 19. Short Story, "The Ransom of Red Chief"How did Bill and Sam address themselves to Dorset in their letter? A) Bill and Sam. B) Two desperate men. C) Very Respectfully. D) None above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two desperate men. 20. In the movie, "Toy Story", human characters are not aware that the toys speak and move but the audience is. A) Verbal irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Situational irony. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dramatic irony. ← 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 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books