This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > The Ransom Of Red Chief – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Ransom Of Red Chief Quiz 7 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Collaborate means to A) Think about quitting. B) Act according to a command or request. C) Attack someone verbally. D) Work together on a project. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Work together on a project. 2. Sam went into town to drop off the ransom note ..... A) Diatribe. B) Commend. C) Proposition. D) Surreptitiously. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Surreptitiously. 3. Which sentence BEST summarizes "The Ransom of Red Chief?" A) A father allows his son to be kidnapped because the son is misbehaved. B) A father convinces two kidnappers to return his son because he is missed by the neighbors. C) Two kidnappers take a child from a small town and have trouble with the child until they return the child at night. D) Two kidnappers develop a scheme to take money from a small-town family but end up paying money to the father. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Two kidnappers develop a scheme to take money from a small-town family but end up paying money to the father. 4. Why were the kidnappers desperate when they wrote the ransom letter to Johnny's father towards the end of the story? A) They needed money. B) They wanted to get rid of Red Chief. C) They were desperate to return the wagon. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They wanted to get rid of Red Chief. 5. What is the definition of ferocious? A) The opposite of what you expect to happen, PLOT TWISTS. B) Exhibiting extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality. C) Slow, deliberate, and secret in action or character. D) A stock of needed materials or supplies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exhibiting extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality. 6. "Bill wrestled that mountain lion into a headlock, then squeezed him so tight that the big cat had to cry uncle, " is all of the following EXCEPT ..... A) Personification. B) Idiom. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 7. Which of the following is an example of theme? A) Cinderella was thoughtful and kind. B) Jack risked his life to save Jane. C) Don't judge people by outward appearances. D) Happiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Don't judge people by outward appearances. 8. Welterweight A) A boxer who weighs between 140 and 147 pounds (heavier than a lightweight, lighter than a heavyweight). B) A person whose job it is to evict people if they can't pay rent or house payments on time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A boxer who weighs between 140 and 147 pounds (heavier than a lightweight, lighter than a heavyweight). 9. Short Story, "The Ransom of Red Chief"What happened first? A) Sam and Bill decided to kidnap Ebenezer's son. B) Sam writes the ransom letter. C) Ebenezer replies to the ransom letter. D) Ebenezer holds his boy for 10 minutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sam and Bill decided to kidnap Ebenezer's son. 10. Which word means important and well-known? A) Palatable. B) Peremptory. C) Provisions. D) Prominent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prominent. 11. Who is the author of "The Ransom of Red Chief?" A) Agatha Christie. B) Robert Louis Stevenson. C) Ray Bradbury. D) O. Henry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) O. Henry. 12. Sam and Bill decide to pay Ebenezer $ 250 and give Johnny back during which part of the story? A) The climax. B) The rising action. C) The exposition. D) The resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The climax. 13. Threatened to send the boy home if he continued to hurt the kidnappers A) Red Chief. B) Ebenezer Dorset. C) Bill Driscoll. D) Sam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sam. 14. What is the definition of ransom? A) Offensively bold and disrespectful. B) Able to be eaten; acceptable taste. C) A payment made to get back a person or item. D) A suggested plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A payment made to get back a person or item. 15. Drowsy or sleepy A) Court-plaster. B) Diatribe. C) Contiguous. D) Surreptitiously. E) Sleepy. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Sleepy. 16. "Bill wabbled out into the little glade in front of the cave. Behind him was the kid, stepping softly like a scout, with a broad grin on his face. '' (p.9). Why did the kid stepping softly like a scout? A) Because he was still playing as Black Scout. B) Because he wanted to scare Bill. C) Because he didn't want Bill to know he was coming. D) Because he needed to act that way as he was in a play as a scout. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because he didn't want Bill to know he was coming. 17. Bill and Sam kidnap Red Chief, they take him to a cave outside town, and Red Chief makes their lives miserable through his games. A) Exposition. B) Rising action. C) Falling action. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rising action. 18. What is the exposition of the story? A) Bob has a conversation with a police officer. B) Bob returns from the west. C) A policeman is patrolling his beat. D) Two men are eating at a restaurant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A policeman is patrolling his beat. 19. What we say is the opposite of what we mean. A) Situational. B) Dramatic. C) Verbal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verbal. 20. Which word means a ghost? A) Appearance. B) Renegade. C) Calliope. D) Treachery. 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