This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Classics > The Ransom Of Red Chief – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Ransom Of Red Chief Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Bitter, abusive criticism A) Diatribe. B) Proposition. C) Provisions. D) Ransom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diatribe. 2. Speech or writing which bitterly denounces something A) Contiguous. B) Surreptitiously. C) Diatribe. D) Court-plaster. E) Sleepy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diatribe. 3. The mastermind of the two outlaws A) Red Chief. B) Sam. C) Bill Driscoll. D) Ebenezer Dorset. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sam. 4. Why did the kid refuse to go home? A) Because he thought he was in camp with them. B) Because he thought there was no fun at home. C) Because he wanted to play more with them. D) Because he loved the cave. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because he thought there was no fun at home. 5. What is the definition of proposition? A) In a sneaky way; secretly. B) A suggested plan. C) Able to be eaten; acceptable taste. D) To act according to a command or request. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A suggested plan. 6. "Hair the color of the cover of the magazine you buy at the news-stand when you want to catch a train" is an example of ..... A) Idiom. B) Hyperbole. C) Imagery. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 7. The many references to wolves and lamb/sheep are examples of what? A) Historical Allusion. B) Biblical Allusion. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biblical Allusion. 8. What did Bill convince Sam to do in the ransom letter? A) He got Sam to take the boy back instead of writing the letter. B) He convinced Sam to let he and the boy go with him to Poplar Cove. C) He got Sam to lower he ransom to $ 1, 500. D) He got Sam to request Mr. Dorset to pay $ 2, 500 in ransom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He got Sam to lower he ransom to $ 1, 500. 9. Which is the best reason why Mr. Dorsett decides NOT to pay the ransom? A) He knows the kidnappers will be happy to bring the boy back. B) He doesn't like his son, and he doesn't care that he is gone. C) He doesn't have enough money to pay it. D) He does not want to negotiate with the kidnappers, so he calls the police instead. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He knows the kidnappers will be happy to bring the boy back. 10. How much money in total did the kidnappers need to pull of their fraudulent scheme. A) 600 dollars. B) 2000 dollars. C) 2600 dollars. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2600 dollars. 11. Why does Bill ask Sam to lower the Ransom from $ 2000 to $ 1500? A) He wants to keep Johnny. B) He hates money. C) He thinks Ebenezer is poor. D) He doesn't think anyone should pay that much for Johnny. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He doesn't think anyone should pay that much for Johnny. 12. Surreptitiously means: A) Boldly. B) Angrily. C) Secretively. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Secretively. 13. The tone of this story is A) Humourous. B) Scary. C) Serious. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humourous. 14. Comparing Johnny to a "40 pound chunk of freckled wildcat" is an example of which literary term? A) Similarly. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 15. Without enthusiasm, energy or effort A) Decry. B) Contiguous. C) Lackadaisical. D) Depred. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lackadaisical. 16. Which character can be considered as a round character in the story? A) The antagonist, Mark, can be considered as a round character in the story. B) The minor character, Lisa, can be considered as a round character in the story. C) The supporting character, Sarah, can be considered as a round character in the story. D) The protagonist, John, can be considered as a round character in the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The protagonist, John, can be considered as a round character in the story. 17. After the kidnapping of Red Chief, the town of Summit was A) Calm and peaceful. B) The neighbors were looking for Red Chief. C) Ebenezer was waiting for his son. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calm and peaceful. 18. How does Bob finally realize that the man he has been talking to is not really Jimmy? A) He is taller than he remembers. B) He has a scar on his face. C) His nose is different. D) His speech sounds different. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His nose is different. 19. What does the boy do that tells you that he is upset about going home? A) Makes Bill act like a horse. B) Uses his slingshot on Bill. C) Follows Bill back to the cave. D) Grabs Bill around the legs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grabs Bill around the legs. 20. What things should not be included in an objective summary? A) Supporting ideas and opinions. B) The word "I, " your opinion, cited text evidence. C) Facts and Statistics. D) The author's name and title of the article. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The word "I, " your opinion, cited text evidence. 21. How did Red Chief feel about being kidnapped? A) Upset. B) Happy. C) Scared. D) Angry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Happy. 22. The giving of human qualities to an animal or object. A) Simile. B) Euphemism. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 23. Even though he's a little kid, Red Chief is the ..... of the story because he is at odds with Bill and Sam. A) Antagonist. B) Protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antagonist. 24. Natural tendencies A) Proclivities. B) Peasantry. C) Diatribe. D) Depred. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proclivities. 25. Which word means to act according to a command (follow directions)? A) Collaborate. B) Impudent. C) Comply. D) Proposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comply. 26. What is the meaning of the root pre-? A) Preheat. B) Bad. C) Away. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Before. 27. How much did the robbers demand in large bills for the return of Sam after the negotiation? A) 1500 dollars. B) 5000 dollars. C) 2000 dollars. D) 2500 dollars. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1500 dollars. 28. Which word means a strong, verbal attack? A) Diatribe. B) Proposition. C) Impudent. D) Ransom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diatribe. 29. A dozen basic eggs at Kroger today cost $ 1.39. How much were a dozen eggs in 1910? A) .72 cents. B) .95 cents. C) .14 cents. D) .32 cents. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) .14 cents. 30. Did the boy fight back when he was kidnapped? A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 31. What is verbal irony? A) When what is said is different than what is meant. B) When what happens is the opposite of what is expected. C) When the audience knows something a character doesn't know. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When what is said is different than what is meant. 32. A bitter verbal attack, condemnation A) Acceded. B) Diatribe. C) Peremptory. D) Sleepy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diatribe. 33. Part A:How do the actions of the antagonist, Johnny Dorsett, throughout the story help develop the theme? A) It shows that Johnny can outsmart his captors. B) It shows that his father loves him no matter what actions his son takes. C) It shows that Johnny is not greedy because he wants to have fun not money. D) It shows that his captors will support each other through every scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It shows that Johnny can outsmart his captors. 34. Which event leads you to predict that Bill will agree to Mr. Dorset's demand? A) Sam admits to Bill that the boy has gotten on his nerves. B) Sam threatens to take the boy home if the boy does not behave. C) Bill tells the boy to quit kicking or the boy will be in trouble. D) Bill tells Sam to ask for only fifteen hundred dollars in ransom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bill tells Sam to ask for only fifteen hundred dollars in ransom. 35. This story used ..... point of view. A) Second. B) Third limited. C) First. D) Third omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) First. 36. Sam and Bill must decide to whether or not to accept Mr. Dorset's demands and pay him $ 250 and give Johnny back during which part of the story? A) The resolution. B) The exposition. C) The climax. D) The rising action. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The climax. 37. What is ironic about this story? A) The ransom is paid in worthless corn seeds. B) The ransom is paid to take Red Chief back home. C) There is no real Red Chief. D) The ransom is higher than expected. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The ransom is paid to take Red Chief back home. 38. Something that is too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words is A) Lackadaisical. B) Palatable. C) Contiguous. D) Ineffable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ineffable. 39. Which word means a wooded area? A) Diatribe. B) Renegade. C) Sylvan. D) Welterweight. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sylvan. 40. What are the most effective crime-fighting methods today? A) Forensic science, digital data, and trace evidence such as DNA. B) Fingerprints and eyewitness testimony. C) Blood evidence, fingerprints, shoe prints, and hair analysis. D) Lie detector tests and trace evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forensic science, digital data, and trace evidence such as DNA. 41. What does theme add to a story? A) Dialogue for the characters. B) Motivation for the characters. C) A sense of location. D) An important message. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An important message. 42. This character narrates the story: A) Sam. B) Bill Driscoll. C) Red Chief. D) Ebenezer Dorset. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sam. 43. To infer, is to ..... ? A) To guess. B) To assume something. C) To make up information. D) Make an educated guess based on prior knowledge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Make an educated guess based on prior knowledge. 44. Sam and Bill chose Summit for the kidnapping because A) In small towns, parents are very close to their children. B) It doesn't have a police force. C) In small towns, parents are NOT very close to their children. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In small towns, parents are very close to their children. 45. To act according to a command, request, or order. A) Imp. B) Diatribe. C) Pervade. D) Comply. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comply. 46. An expression that means something other than the literal meaning (i.e., It's raining cats and dogs). A) Irony. B) Simile. C) Idiom. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 47. Evidence that serves to corroborate (agree with) something A) Negate. B) Summarize. C) Support. D) Imply. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Support. 48. Which event leads you to predict that Billwill agree to Mr. Dorset's demand? A) Bill tells the boy to quit kicking or theboy will be in trouble. B) Bill tells Sam to ask for only fifteenhundred dollars in ransom. C) Sam threatens to take the boy home ifthe boy does not behave. D) Sam admits to Bill that the boy hasgotten on his nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bill tells Sam to ask for only fifteenhundred dollars in ransom. 49. What was Red Chief doing right before Sam and Bill kidnapped him? A) Scalping his dad. B) Throwing rocks at a kitten. C) Hunting bears. D) Pretending to be an Indian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Throwing rocks at a kitten. 50. Payment demanded for the release of a person or property is A) Diatribe. B) Provisions. C) Ransom. D) Comply. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ransom. 51. Which word best describes Pecos Bill? A) Careful. B) Hilarious. C) Wild. D) Blunt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wild. 52. The main character of the story is the ..... A) Protagonist. B) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protagonist. 53. A suggested plan A) Pervade. B) Ransom. C) Proposition. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Proposition. 54. When Bill is telling Sam that he took Red Chief down the mountain and sent him back home, we know that Red Chief is sneaking up behind Bill. This is an example of ..... A) Verbal Irony. B) This is not ironic. C) Situational Irony. D) Dramatic Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dramatic Irony. 55. A price demanded in return for the release of property or person A) Surreptitiously. B) Proposition. C) Ransom. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ransom. 56. Which of the following words is a synonym for provisions. A) Supplies. B) Money. C) Petrol. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supplies. 57. Which word means a person who deserts one group or side for another? A) Renegade. B) Prominent. C) Sylvan. D) Apparition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renegade. 58. Who said ..... "I wasn't nervous or afraid; but I sat up and lit my pipe and leaned against a rock" . A) Red Chief. B) Aunt Jane. C) Bill. D) Sam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bill. 59. After he realized the boy was back and he sat aimlessly for an hour, Sam convinced Bill to ..... A) Tough it out a little longer. B) Up the ransom to $ 2, 500. C) Take the boy back to Summit immediately. D) Go ahead back to Illinois and start the land deal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tough it out a little longer. 60. Definition:an exaggerated sense of self-importance A) Rowdy. B) Sullenly. C) Treachery. D) Egotism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Egotism. 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