This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Classics > The Ransom Of Red Chief – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Ransom Of Red Chief Quiz 10 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why does Bob's hand begin to shake as he reads the note from Patrolman Wells? A) He is frightened at the thought of going to jail. B) He is trying desperately to think of a way to escape. C) He is angry with himself for not recognizing Jimmy. D) He is upset that his old friend knows the truth about him. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He is upset that his old friend knows the truth about him. 2. Where do the kidnapper's hide Johnny or "Red Chief?" A) In a barn under a pile of hay. B) They hide him in a cave. C) They hide him in a the local store. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They hide him in a cave. 3. What is the most common type of figurative language in a tall tale? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 4. Term used for any category of literature A) Category. B) Genre. C) Narrative. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genre. 5. They had enough ..... stashed in a cave to last a week. A) Ransom. B) Diatribe. C) Impudent. D) Provisions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Provisions. 6. What does accede mean? A) To; toward sleep. B) Between or among drive; urge. C) To; toward; yield; go; surrender. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To; toward; yield; go; surrender. 7. The sound suggests the meaning. What is the writing element that this belongs to? A) Repetition. B) Oxymoron. C) Onomatopoeia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 8. Who was the red chief? A) Jack. B) James. C) John. D) Johnny. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Johnny. 9. Why did Sam and Bill pay Ebenezer Dorset? A) They wanted to keep him from reporting their crime. B) They felt guilty for kidnapping his son. C) They felt sorry for him. D) They wanted to get rid of his son. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They wanted to get rid of his son. 10. What is ironic about the title of this story? A) The ransom is higher than we thought. B) There is no real Red Chief. C) The ransom is paid in worthless corn seeds. D) The ransom is paid to take Red Chief back home. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The ransom is paid to take Red Chief back home. 11. Sam and Bill hide Johnny at A) A mountain cave. B) A barn outside of Summit. C) An old farmhouse. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A mountain cave. 12. What does dis-mean? A) Without; not. B) Apart; away. C) Being or acting in a particular state or manner. D) Between or among. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apart; away. 13. What is most ironic about the boy's captivity? A) The boy is playing games the whole time. B) The boy seems to be holding the men captive. C) The boy doesn't seem to miss his parents. D) The boy could sneak off anytime that he wants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The boy doesn't seem to miss his parents. 14. Acceptable to the taste; able to be eaten. A) Impudent. B) Prominent. C) Vicinity. D) Palatable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Palatable. 15. Slang for a person who is conventional and old-fashioned; fuddy-duddy A) Square. B) Chronic. C) Dastardly. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Square. 16. What is the theme of "The Ransom of Red Chief?" A) A warning against taking the easy way out of a situation. B) Good VS Evil. C) Slow and steady wins the race. D) The importance of family. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A warning against taking the easy way out of a situation. 17. Which statement best describes Johnny's relationship with his kidnappers? A) Johnny has injured the narrator's shoulder. B) Johnny is planning his escape from Bill and the narrator. C) Johnny is terrified of Bill. D) The kidnappers are afraid of Johnny. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The kidnappers are afraid of Johnny. 18. What does Red Chief do when Bill offers him candy? A) Throws it at him. B) Throws a brick at him. C) Eats the candy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Throws a brick at him. 19. What caused Bill to fall into the fire? A) He tripped and fell into the fire. B) The boy had hit him in the head with a rock. C) Sam pushed him. D) He fell off a horse into it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The boy had hit him in the head with a rock. 20. The dinner was ..... because there was hair in my food. A) Unpalatable. B) Abstracting. C) Renegade. D) Subjugated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unpalatable. 21. Bill and Sam decided to commit their crime in Summit because they thought ..... A) It was close to Illinois. B) No one would miss Red Chief. C) They would not get caught. D) They would get lots of publicity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They would not get caught. 22. Jimmy did not understand why the students could not go on two different field trips. The teacher had to ..... , or give details to help him understand why it was not an option. A) Develop. B) Persuade. C) Categorize. D) Explain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Explain. 23. (n.) the social class made up of farmers, tenants, and workers A) Ransom. B) Philoprogenitiveness. C) Diatribe. D) Peasantry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peasantry. 24. Talking about "midnight" in "Ransom of Red Chief" is an example of what literary term? A) Motif. B) Irony. C) Similarly. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motif. 25. Red Chief is considered a ..... character because he remains the same crazy kid throughout the whole story. A) Dynamic. B) Static. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Static. 26. Direct or Indirect Characterization? "I was relieved, but I also felt like a weenie." -Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen A) Direct Characterization. B) Indirect Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Characterization. 27. What was the reason behind this kidnap? A) Dorset needed some money. B) They had a grudge towards Dorset family. C) They needed some money to buy a lot in Western Illinois. D) They wanted to pull off a fraudulent town-lot scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They wanted to pull off a fraudulent town-lot scheme. 28. Why did Bill ask Mr. Dorset how long he could hold him? A) Bill thought the boy would hurt Mr. Dorset. B) He wanted to make sure he had enough time to get away without the boy following him. C) Bill wanted to see if Sam would help him. D) Bill thought Mr. Dorset might need help. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He wanted to make sure he had enough time to get away without the boy following him. 29. Necessary supplies A) Diatribe. B) Provisions. C) Ransom. D) Proposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Provisions. 30. Who wrote The Ransom of Red Chief? A) Bill Driscoll. B) Ebenezer Dorset. C) A. Henry. D) O. Henry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) O. Henry. 31. The fact that Red Chief is the one causing harm to his kidnappers, instead of his kidnappers harming him, this is an example of ..... A) Situational Irony. B) Verbal Irony. C) Dramatic Irony. D) This is not ironic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Situational Irony. 32. Red Chief's father had a different ..... for the kidnappers. A) Provision. B) Ransom. C) Proposition. D) Collaboration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Proposition. 33. How would you describe Red Chief? A) Shy. B) Scared. C) Brave. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brave. 34. 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. 35. 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. 36. Bill runs as fast and far away from Summit as he can with Sam following behind. A) Rising action. B) Exposition. C) Resolution. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resolution. 37. What part of speech is the word "emit?" A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adverb. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb. 38. "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. 39. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A THEME IN RANSOM OF THE RED CHIEF? A) DON'T UNDERESTIMATE THE CLEVERNESS OF CHILDREN. B) THERE IS NO SHORT CUT TO SUCCESS. C) JUSTICE. D) FAMILY LOVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) FAMILY LOVE. 40. 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) Including main ideas only. D) Quotes words from the text. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Quotes words from the text. 41. Neither Bill nor Sam could ..... Red Chief and his behavior. A) Palatable. B) Comply. C) Diatribe. D) Commend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Commend. 42. A comparison between two things that have something in common without using like or as. A) Diction. B) Simile. C) Idiom. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 43. What does the root MAL/MAL mean? A) Good; well. B) Law; justice. C) Bad; abnormal; worse. D) To believe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bad; abnormal; worse. 44. 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. 45. The kidnappers had to tie up Red Chief to keep him from escaping A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FALSE. 46. 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. 47. (v.) to be spread or to be present throughout A) Comply. B) Sylvan. C) Pervade. D) Decry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pervade. 48. Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia? A) "coyote language". B) "wild war whoop". C) "Ah-hooooo!". D) "Help!". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Ah-hooooo!". 49. Supplies and food A) Inhabitants. B) Diatribe. C) Dote. D) Provisions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Provisions. 50. 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. 51. To lecture and scold A) Dote. B) Inhabitants. C) Provisions. D) Diatribe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diatribe. 52. Ebenezer Dorset decided to pay the ransom of $ 1, 500 to Sam and Bill A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 53. To bring under domination or control, especially by conquest, is to A) Decry. B) Emit. C) Abstract. D) Subjugate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subjugate. 54. In a sneaky way; secretly A) Proposition. B) Surreptitiously. C) Pervade. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Surreptitiously. 55. Was Bill enjoying spending time with Red Chief? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 56. What does intercede mean? A) Apart; away being or acting in a particular state or manner. B) Without; not sleep. C) Between or among yield; go; surrender. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Between or among yield; go; surrender. 57. Which word means lacking interest? A) Sylvan. B) Lackadaisical. C) Industriously. D) Aimlessly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lackadaisical. 58. How did Red Chief outsmart the thieves? A) By challenging them in a rugby match. B) By keeping them isolated. C) By being a rambunctious child. D) By beating them at shotput. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By being a rambunctious child. 59. Why did he pick the location that he did for the box for the ransom note and ransom? A) It was as close to the cave as he could get. B) There was flat land all around it and he would be able to see if anyone was watching him. C) It was as close to Summit as he could get. D) It was the only place where there was a box. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There was flat land all around it and he would be able to see if anyone was watching him. 60. Short Story, "The Elevator"Which of the following is NOT an example of a conflict in "The Elevator" by William Sleator? A) Martin versus his fears. B) Martin's father versus the author, William Sleator. C) Martin versus his father. D) Martin versus the fat lady. 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