This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > The Ransom Of Red Chief – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Ransom Of Red Chief Quiz 9 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Complete the sentence:The army sent a scout ahead to ..... the enemy camp. A) Ferocious. B) Industriously. C) Philoprogenitiveness. D) Recognize. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Recognize. 2. Name a synonym for treachery. A) Truce. B) Belief. C) Agreement. D) Betrayal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Betrayal. 3. How odes the following quote create imagery? "I shook him till his freckles rattled." A) It illustrates that the captors were very frustrated and shook Johnny very hard. B) It illustrates that Johnny had a lot of freckles and when you shake him, it looks like they move. C) It illustrates that the captors tried to dance with Johnny until he was shaken a lot. D) It illustrates the captors were so scared that they shook Johnny to make sure he was still alive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It illustrates that the captors were very frustrated and shook Johnny very hard. 4. Irony A) A contrast between expectation and reality. B) Contrast between what is said and what is really meant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A contrast between expectation and reality. 5. What quotation from the text supports the answer to question 6? A) "We selected for our victim the only child of a prominent citizen named Ebenezer Dorset.". B) "The kid was in the street, throwing rocks at a kitten on the opposite fence.". C) "'You won't take me back home again, Snake-eye, will you?" '. D) "But what I saw was a peaceful landscape dotted with one man ploughing with a dun mule.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "The kid was in the street, throwing rocks at a kitten on the opposite fence.". 6. What is a diatribe? A) A rant against someone or something. B) An amount of money paid to a kidnapper. C) A compliment you pay someone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A rant against someone or something. 7. Which word means to spread or be present throughout? A) Comply. B) Proposition. C) Collaborate. D) Pervade. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pervade. 8. What point of view is the story? A) Third-person limited. B) Third-person omniscient. C) Second person. D) First person. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) First person. 9. How much money did Bill and the narrator need for buying land in Western Illinois? A) Five hundred dollars. B) One thousand dollars. C) Two thousand dollars. D) Three thousand dollars. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two thousand dollars. 10. The narrator is "all-knowing" and can read the thoughts and feelings, and motives of all the characters. A) 1st person. B) 2nd person. C) 3rd person limited. D) 3rd person omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3rd person omniscient. 11. (adv.) in a sneaky way; secretly A) Incontinently. B) Ransom. C) Surreptitiously. D) Peremptory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Surreptitiously. 12. The rising action is defined as ..... A) The highest most intense part of the plot. B) The problem or dilemma. C) The solution to the problem or conflict. D) The second part of the plot responsible for for further developing the conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The second part of the plot responsible for for further developing the conflict. 13. What does somnolent mean? A) Being or acting in a particular state or manner; sleep. B) To; toward; yield; go; surrender. C) Apart; away; drive; urge. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Being or acting in a particular state or manner; sleep. 14. Who was the author of the story A) J.K.Rowling. B) C.V.Raman. C) Krishna Dvaipayana Veda Vyasa. D) O Henry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) O Henry. 15. What was the title of this story? A) The Ransom of Rad Chief. B) The Ransom of The Rad Chief. C) The Ransom of Red Chief. D) The Ransom of The Red Chief. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Ransom of Red Chief. 16. What does pel mean? A) To; toward. B) Between or among. C) Drive; urge. D) Without; not. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drive; urge. 17. Choose the two words that best complete the sentence. During the exposition, it is important to introduce the ..... and the ..... A) Characters, setting. B) Characters, falling action. C) Climax, conflict. D) Conflict, resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Characters, setting. 18. Who did Red Chief whip twice on Saturday? A) Ed Walker. B) Bill. C) Sam. D) Ebenezer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ed Walker. 19. What is situational irony? A) When what is said is the opposite of what is meant. B) When what happens is the opposite of what is expected. C) When the audience knows something the character doesn't. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When what happens is the opposite of what is expected. 20. Why did Dorset ask for some money to Bill and Sam? A) Because he was a cop. B) Because he wanted his son back. C) Because he knew they didn't want to be with his kid. D) Because he threatened them to live with his kid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because he knew they didn't want to be with his kid. ← 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 10The Ransom Of Red Chief Quiz 11 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books