This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Classics > The Ransom Of Red Chief – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Ransom Of Red Chief Quiz 11 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I am not the best cook, but most of my food is ..... A) Ransom. B) Palatable. C) Diatribe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Palatable. 2. A bitter verbal (spoken) or written attack on someone or something A) Lackadaisical. B) Decry. C) Proclivities. D) Diatribe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diatribe. 3. What did Sam say after reading the note? A) Great pirates of Penzance!. B) What Nerve?!. C) Good Heavens!. D) Good Lord!. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Great pirates of Penzance!. 4. Which of the following is MOST likely to be written in second person? A) A science fiction or fantasy novel. B) A realistic fiction story. C) A cook book. D) A nonfiction article. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A cook book. 5. What type of characterization is used to describe Red Chief's behavior? A) Direct. B) Round. C) Static. D) Indirect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indirect. 6. Which event is the resolution 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: E) Johnny wants to back with Sam & Bill, but the kidnappers run to escape from Johnny. 7. Who received money at the end of the story? A) Bill and Sam. B) Herod. C) Red Chief. D) Ebenezer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ebenezer. 8. Which word means offensively bold and disrespectful? A) Pervade. B) Palatable. C) Impudent. D) Comply. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Impudent. 9. "There was a town down there, as flat as a flannel-cake, and called Summit" is all of the following EXCEPT ..... A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Oxymoron. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 10. How did Red Chief react when he remembered he was a captive? A) Screamed. B) Laughed. C) Let out a war whoop. D) Cried. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Let out a war whoop. 11. Which one is an example of situational irony from "Ransom of Red Chief?" A) The kidnappers are not smart enough to write a good ransom note. B) The kidnappers actually have to pay the dad to give back Johnny. C) The kidnappers don't pick a good location to hide Johnny. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The kidnappers actually have to pay the dad to give back Johnny. 12. The quote "He put up a fight like a welter weight cinnamon bear" is an example of what? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 13. Command with no exceptions A) Preemptory. B) Partial request. C) Surreptitiously. D) Ransom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preemptory. 14. How many kids were in Pecos Bill's family? A) 15. B) 12. C) 6. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 15. 15. The kids ..... approached the cookie jar so they could steal a few cookies. A) Surreptitiously. B) Impudent. C) Pervade. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Surreptitiously. 16. What is the definition of impudent? A) To speak highly of; to praise. B) Offensively bold and disrespectful. C) Able to be eaten; acceptable taste. D) To act according to a command or request. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Offensively bold and disrespectful. 17. Sam and Bill decide to kidnap a childbecause they want to A) Play games with someone. B) Have someone do work for them. C) Get money quickly. D) Punish Mr. Dorset. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Get money quickly. 18. How did the author make Bill seem like a coward? A) By what Bill does when he held Red Chief down in the bottom of the buggy. B) When he took the kids to the cave. C) When he asked Sam to not leave him with the kid. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When he asked Sam to not leave him with the kid. 19. The Red Chief tried to run away while held captive A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 20. Short Story, "The Ransom of Red Chief"The setting of the story is: A) Hampton, New York. B) Summit, Alabama. C) Orlando, Florida. D) Forth-worth, Texas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Summit, Alabama. 21. Which word means to go out and look around to get the lay of the land? A) Accede. B) Palatable. C) Recognize. D) Decry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Recognize. 22. Short Story, "The Ransom of Red Chief"After sending the ransom letter to Ebenezer asking for 1, 500, what did he reply? A) He asked them to pay him $ 250 to take his boy back. B) He was going to send the $ 1, 500 right away. C) He threatens to call the police if they didn't return the kid. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He asked them to pay him $ 250 to take his boy back. 23. What is the exposition of a story? A) The Beginning. B) The Conflict. C) The Middle. D) The Ending. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Beginning. 24. One who leaves a group; a deserter, outlaw A) Renegade. B) Surreptitiously. C) Palatable. D) Proclivities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renegade. 25. Not allowing refusal or delay; commanding; imperative A) Peremptory. B) Diatribe. C) Acceded. D) Sleepy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peremptory. 26. If a student is being ..... in class, they will be removed to the dean's office. A) Impudent. B) Comply. C) Collaborate. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Impudent. 27. Definition:gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed A) Egotism. B) Rowdy. C) Sullenly. D) Treachery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sullenly. 28. Coming from fraud A) Chronic. B) Fraudulent. C) Scheme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fraudulent. 29. What is an example of foreshadowing from "Ransom of Red Chief?" A) Johnny is throwing rocks at a kitten. B) Johnny has red hair. C) Johnny is the son of an important man. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Johnny is throwing rocks at a kitten. 30. Which word describes how Bill feels about Red Chief after spending some time with him? A) Fond. B) Amused. C) Fascinated. D) Afraid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Afraid. 31. Which of the following is NOT an example of a hyperbole? A) A huge mountain lion was crouching on a cliff. B) He wrung out rain that flooded Texas . C) He played with grizzly bears instead of teddy bears. D) Some say his rope was exactly as long as the equator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A huge mountain lion was crouching on a cliff. 32. Which word means to speak highly of or to praise? A) Impudent. B) Comply. C) Commend. D) Pervade. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commend. 33. To love in an excessive way A) Provisions. B) Inhabitants. C) Dote. D) Diatribe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dote. 34. Definition:important, wealthy individual A) Ransom. B) Captive. C) Prominent. D) Provisions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prominent. 35. Why does Sam walk to Poplar Grove, a nearby town? A) To pick up the ransom. B) To visit the police. C) To see his aunt. D) To get some information and post his ransom letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To get some information and post his ransom letter. 36. Red Chief did not want to leave the camp; he thought the food was quite ..... A) Pervade. B) Surreptitiously. C) Collaborate. D) Palatable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Palatable. 37. Which evidence from the story best supports your answer to the previous question? A) Bill and me had a joint capital of about six hundred dollars . B) "Hey, little boy!" says Bill, "would you like to have a bag of candy ". C) But I looked at Bill and stopped. He had the most appealing look in his eyes I ever saw . D) If you attempt any treachery you will never see your boy again. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) But I looked at Bill and stopped. He had the most appealing look in his eyes I ever saw . 38. Which of the following is ironic? A) Sam and Bill kidnap Red Chief and ask for a ransom. B) Sam and Bill kidnap Red Chief and he wants to stay with them. C) Sam and Bill kidnap Red Chief by offering him candy and ride. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sam and Bill kidnap Red Chief and he wants to stay with them. 39. Old Man Dorset sends a letter back to Bill and Sam [the kidnappers] requesting that they pay him to return Red Chief. A) Exposition. B) Climax. C) Resolution. D) Rising action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climax. 40. Able to be eaten A) Pervade. B) Collaborate. C) Surreptitiously. D) Palatable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Palatable. 41. Students will have to ..... on their book club books and work with their groups. A) Collaborate. B) Comply. C) Diatribe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Collaborate. 42. Not showing due respect for another person; impertinent. A) Ransom. B) Impudent. C) Provisions. D) Commend. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Impudent. 43. Why does Sam mention the price of black eyed peas at the post office? A) He wants to blend in with the local yokels. B) He needs a way to make money since the ransom isn't working out. C) He knows that Ebenezer Dorset grows crops. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He wants to blend in with the local yokels. 44. (n.) betrayal of trust A) Pervade. B) Diatribe. C) Apparition. D) Treachery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Treachery. 45. When does foreshadowing occur in the story? A) When they want Johnny because his dad is rich. B) When they meet Johnny, he is throwing rocks at a kitten. C) When Ebenezer refuses to pay the ransom. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When they meet Johnny, he is throwing rocks at a kitten. 46. The kidnappers having to pay to send the boy back instead of getting paid for the boy. A) Situational. B) Dramatic. C) Verbal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Situational. 47. What is the definition of situational irony? A) A stock of needed materials or supplies. B) Slow, deliberate, and secret in action or character. C) The opposite of what you expect to happen, PLOT TWISTS. D) Exhibiting extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The opposite of what you expect to happen, PLOT TWISTS. 48. (adv.) working hard A) Accede. B) Industriously. C) Incontinently. D) Comply. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Industriously. 49. How can I rescue my son from the kidnappers? A) By paying the ransome. B) By complying. C) To be impudent. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By paying the ransome. 50. How do the following lines contribute to the development of the plot in the story? "Hey, little boy!" says Bill, "would you like to have a bag of candy and a nice ride?" The boy catches Bill neatly in the eye with a piece of brick. A) It shows that the story will have a scary tone. B) It shows that Sam is the leader in the story. C) It shows that Bill does not pay attention. D) It shows that Johnny is going to be difficult to handle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It shows that Johnny is going to be difficult to handle. 51. The girl ..... to her parents' request and did her homework. A) Solitary. B) Doted. C) Porous. D) Acceded. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Acceded. 52. Why is the scene where Bob lights a match important? A) It is when the police officer recognizes Bob as a criminal. B) It lets readers know that he smokes. C) It shows that the story takes place at night. D) It increases the suspense and adds mystery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is when the police officer recognizes Bob as a criminal. 53. Why are the two men desperate? (BEST answer) A) They need money. B) They need to get rid of Johnny. C) They are on the run. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They need to get rid of Johnny. 54. The letter back from Mr. Dorset agreed to the terms. He would pay Bill and Sam the $ 1, 500 as requested. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FALSE. 55. Character fights against the rules or customs in which they live. A) Character vs. character. B) Character vs. nature. C) Character vs. society. D) Character vs. self. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Character vs. society. 56. Why did the kidnappers decide to kidnap the Red Chief? A) For 2000 $. B) For 50000 $. C) For 10000$. D) For 20000 $. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) For 20000 $. 57. Thought carefully about something A) Regarded. B) Inhabitants. C) Acceded. D) Desperate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Regarded. 58. (adj.) sharing an edge or a boundary A) Peremptory. B) Palatable. C) Contiguous. D) Sylvan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contiguous. 59. To make clear or easier to understand A) Clarify. B) Convey. C) Emphasize. D) Reveal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clarify. 60. Bill and Sam needed 2000 dollars to pull of ..... A) A kidnapping. B) A party in Summit. C) A fraudulent scheme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A fraudulent scheme. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesEnglish Literature 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books