This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > The Ransom Of Red Chief – Quiz 31 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Ransom Of Red Chief Quiz 31 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which event is the climax in "The Ransom of Red Chief" ? A) Bill and Sam make a plan to kidnap Johnny. B) Sam goes into town to mail the ransom note. C) The note from Dorset says they will have to pay him to take Johnny back. D) At midnight, they return Johnny and pay the $ 250. E) Johnny wants to back with Sam & Bill, but the kidnappers run to escape from Johnny. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The note from Dorset says they will have to pay him to take Johnny back. 2. The exposition is defined as ..... A) The second part of the plot responsible for introducing the conflict. B) The first part of the plot responsible for introducing the setting, characters, and the conflict. C) The third part of the plot responsible for presenting the climax of the story. D) The last and final part of the plot responsible for solving the problem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The first part of the plot responsible for introducing the setting, characters, and the conflict. 3. Bill runs as fast and far away from Summit as he can with Sam following behind. A) Exposition. B) Rising action. C) Resolution. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resolution. 4. What part of speech is the word "emit?" A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Verb. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verb. 5. "There was a town down there, as flat as a flannel-cake, and called Summit, of course." This is an example of ..... A) Verbal Irony. B) Situational Irony. C) Dramatic Irony. D) This is not ironic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbal Irony. 6. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A THEME IN RANSOM OF THE RED CHIEF? A) JUSTICE. B) DON'T UNDERESTIMATE THE CLEVERNESS OF CHILDREN. C) THERE IS NO SHORT CUT TO SUCCESS. D) FAMILY LOVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) FAMILY LOVE. 7. Which one of the following is NOT a part of a summary? A) Using your own words. B) Summary being shorter than the text. C) Quotes words from the text. D) Including main ideas only. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quotes words from the text. 8. Neither Bill nor Sam could ..... Red Chief and his behavior. A) Diatribe. B) Palatable. C) Commend. D) Comply. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commend. 9. A comparison between two things that have something in common without using like or as. A) Simile. B) Diction. C) Idiom. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 10. What does the root MAL/MAL mean? A) Bad; abnormal; worse. B) Good; well. C) Law; justice. D) To believe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bad; abnormal; worse. 11. If a student does well, teachers will ..... them to their parents. A) Comply. B) Diatribe. C) Commend. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commend. 12. The kidnappers had to tie up Red Chief to keep him from escaping A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 13. Sam and Bill sign their letter "TwoDesperate Men" because they want Mr.Dorset to know that A) They agree to keep their location andidentities a secret. B) Mr. Dorset must agree to give them themoney or they will beg for it loudly. C) The boy is annoying, and they aredesperate to be rid of him. D) They are desperate and might harm theboy if their demands are not met. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They are desperate and might harm theboy if their demands are not met. 14. (v.) to be spread or to be present throughout A) Pervade. B) Decry. C) Sylvan. D) Comply. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pervade. 15. Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia? A) "Ah-hooooo!". B) "Help!". C) "coyote language". D) "wild war whoop". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Ah-hooooo!". 16. Supplies and food A) Inhabitants. B) Diatribe. C) Provisions. D) Dote. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Provisions. 17. Sam went and "caught that boy and shook him until his freckles rattled." What did he threaten to do if he didn't behave? A) He would put him in timeout. B) He would take away his slingshot. C) He would take him home. D) He would not allow the boy to play Black Scout. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He would take him home. 18. To lecture and scold A) Inhabitants. B) Diatribe. C) Provisions. D) Dote. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diatribe. 19. Ebenezer Dorset decided to pay the ransom of $ 1, 500 to Sam and Bill A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. To bring under domination or control, especially by conquest, is to A) Abstract. B) Subjugate. C) Emit. D) Decry. 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