This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Classics > The Ransom Of Red Chief – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Ransom Of Red Chief Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. While Bill and the boy are playing Black Scout, what did Bill end up doing? A) Bill kicked the boy and showed him how to get back to Summit. B) Bill enjoyed playing Black Scout with the boy. C) Bill followed Sam to Poplar Cove. D) Bill came up with a new game for them to play. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bill kicked the boy and showed him how to get back to Summit. 2. This character is the kidnapper who wants to lower the amount of money in the ransom: A) Red Chief. B) Ebenezer Dorset. C) Bill Driscoll. D) Sam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bill Driscoll. 3. Short Story, "The Ransom of Red Chief"The Ransom of Red Chief is told from which point of view? A) First person. B) Third person limited. C) Missing persons. D) Third person omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First person. 4. Why did the thieves decide to kidnap a child? A) They wanted fame. B) They wanted a reputation. C) They wanted money. D) They wanted entertainment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They wanted money. 5. Insisting on immediate attention or obedience, especially in a brusquely imperious way (rude, demanding). A) Surreptitiously. B) Collaborate. C) Imp. D) Peremptory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peremptory. 6. To do as one is asked or ordered A) Commend. B) Impudent. C) Proposition. D) Comply. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comply. 7. What leads you to predict that Bill willwant to return the boy early? A) The boy tries to scalp Bill. B) Bill has to sleep near the boy. C) The boy asks the men many questions. D) Sam leaves Bill behind with the boy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The boy tries to scalp Bill. 8. What does-ent mean? A) Being or acting in a particular state or manner. B) Sleep. C) Drive; urge. D) Without; not. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Being or acting in a particular state or manner. 9. (adj.) offensively bold or disrespectful A) Fraudulent. B) Diatribe. C) Palatable. D) Impudent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Impudent. 10. The quote "I shook him till his freckles rattled" is an example of what? A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Irony. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 11. To comply means to: A) Argue. B) Obey. C) Disobey. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Obey. 12. What does insomnia mean? A) Without sleep. B) Being or acting in sleep. C) To; toward sleep. D) Between or among sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Without sleep. 13. What does inter-mean? A) Between or among. B) Drive; urge. C) Yield; go; surrender. D) To; toward. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Between or among. 14. Situational Irony is when: A) The opposite of what you expect happens. B) Someone says the opposite of what they mean. C) The audience knows something the character doesn't. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The opposite of what you expect happens. 15. Where was Sam headed to take care of business? A) Canada. B) Illinois. C) Summit. D) Poplar Cove. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poplar Cove. 16. How much money did Bill and Sam originally ask for? A) 2, 000. B) 250. C) 1, 500. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2, 000. 17. What is ironic about the story's end? A) Bill and Sam have to pay Red Chief's father to take him back. B) Red Chief's father is angry with them because they took so long. C) Bill and Sam charge a large ransom of $ 1500 for Red Chief. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bill and Sam have to pay Red Chief's father to take him back. 18. The conflict of a story is defined as ..... A) The problem or dilemma. B) The ending. C) The point of view. D) The beginning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The problem or dilemma. 19. Name the author of this story A) Roald Dahl. B) Oliver Henry. C) Oliver Twist. D) Ruskin Bond. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oliver Henry. 20. Which word means secret? A) Aimlessly. B) Stealthy. C) Palatable. D) Lackadaisical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stealthy. 21. What was the name of the prominent citizen whose child was kidnapped? A) Ebenezer Dorsett. B) Ransom. C) Old Hank. D) Red Chief. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ebenezer Dorsett. 22. What does Bob mean when he says, "You see, the West is a pretty big proposition, and I kept hustling around over it pretty lively" ? A) Living in the West wasn't much fun. B) Towns are bigger in the West than in the East. C) He often got lost. D) He moved around a lot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He moved around a lot. 23. If you do not pass a test, you might expect a ..... from your parents; they will let you know they are unhappy. A) Ransom. B) Proposition. C) Diatribe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diatribe. 24. This word means neighborhood. A) Elevation. B) Vicinity. C) Area. D) Solitary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vicinity. 25. What can the reader most likely infer about Johnny's reaction to being kidnapped? A) Johnny misses his mother terribly. B) Johnny is desperate for his father to rescue him. C) He decides to plan his revenge. D) He considers it an adventure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He considers it an adventure. 26. Which word means to act in a sneaky way? A) Impudent. B) Ransom. C) Surreptitiously. D) Palatable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Surreptitiously. 27. What was Pecos Bill's horse's name? A) Suzy. B) Cyclone. C) May. D) Widow Maker. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Widow Maker. 28. The loose ends of the story are all tied up during which part of the plot? A) Falling action. B) Climax. C) Resolution. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Falling action. 29. Short Story, "The Ransom of Red Chief"Choose one of the things that Red Chief DIDN'T do A) He put a hot potato on Bill's Back. B) He threw a brick to Bill's eye. C) He burned the cave with Bill inside. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He burned the cave with Bill inside. 30. Concerns the organization of the main events of a work of fiction. A) Plot. B) Sequence. C) Antagonist. D) Protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plot. 31. Who is the protagonist in 'The Ransom of Red Chief'? A) Tom Sawyer. B) Mary Johnson. C) Johnny Dorset. D) Bill Smith. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Johnny Dorset. 32. What was the occupation of Ebenezer Dorset? A) A school principal. B) Mortgage financier. C) A collection plate passer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mortgage financier. 33. Today 94% of Americans have a cell phone. What percent of HOMES in 1910 had a TELEPHONE? A) 10%. B) 8%. C) 42%. D) 27%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 8%. 34. What is the definition of diatribe? A) Offensively bold and disrespectful. B) Able to be eaten; acceptable taste. C) To work together on a project. D) Bitter, abusive criticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bitter, abusive criticism. 35. Pleasant to taste; acceptable or satisfactory A) Pervading. B) Palatable. C) Dastardly. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Palatable. 36. Does the meaning of the text change when you write an objective summary? A) No, it's shorter but has the same meaning. B) Yes, of course the meaning changes because someone else is writing it. C) It depends on the material and who originally wrote it. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No, it's shorter but has the same meaning. 37. Who is the victim? A) Bill. B) Sam. C) Author. D) Ebenezer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ebenezer. 38. How much ransom money did Bill and the narrator demand? A) One thousand dollars. B) Two thousand dollars. C) Five hundred dollars. D) Fifteen hundred dollars. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fifteen hundred dollars. 39. What is the definition of cliche? A) A repetitive consonant sound. B) An overused word or phrase. C) A repetitive vowel sound. D) A repeated word or phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An overused word or phrase. 40. (adv.) uncontrolled A) Sleepy. B) Incontinently. C) Industriously. D) Peremptory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incontinently. 41. Name a synonym for lackadaisical. A) Determined. B) Concerned. C) Upset. D) Carefree. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carefree. 42. Who is the antagonist in 'The Ransom of Red Chief'? A) John Hancock. B) Samuel Adams. C) Tom Sawyer. D) Bill Driscoll. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bill Driscoll. 43. What is the best description of Johnny Dorset? A) He is a freckle-faced boy with red hair who enjoys being outside and playing make believe game. B) He is one of the kidnappers in the story. C) He is a kind-hearted young man who goes around his neighborhood doing good deeds, such as mowing lawns and washing windows. D) He is the father of the kidnapped child. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is a freckle-faced boy with red hair who enjoys being outside and playing make believe game. 44. Definition:coarse or boisterous in behavior A) Treachery. B) Rowdy. C) Sullenly. D) Egotism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rowdy. 45. What point of view is the story written in? A) Third person unlimited. B) Third person. C) Second Person. D) First Person. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) First Person. 46. The boy stays with the men in the cavebecause he A) Likes playing with Bill. B) Plans to get some of the money. C) Knows that Sam and Bill always watchhim. D) Knows that his father does not wanthim back. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Likes playing with Bill. 47. The Ransom of Red Chief is told from which point of view? A) First person. B) Second person. C) Third person. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First person. 48. Which word means a musical instrument with harsh-sounding whistles? A) Diatribe. B) Calliope. C) Apparition. D) Renegade. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calliope. 49. All of the following are verbs EXCEPT A) Cauterize. B) Emit. C) Diatribe. D) Decry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diatribe. 50. What does cede mean? A) Yield; go; surrender. B) Drive; urge. C) To; toward. D) With; together; in association; (with intensive force) completely. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yield; go; surrender. 51. To criticize or disapprove A) Undeleterious. B) Depred. C) Diatribe. D) Decry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decry. 52. How many dollars Sam and Bill had? A) 2000. B) 1600. C) 600. D) 250. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 600. 53. Don't let your friends ..... all of their secrets! Then you won't be friends for long. A) Elevate. B) Change. C) Contiguous. D) Conceal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conceal. 54. Situational Irony A) When what happens is very different from what is expected. B) When the audience or reader knows something the character does not know. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When what happens is very different from what is expected. 55. What acronym did we learn to remember the indirect ways an author can tell us about a character? A) FACE. B) FAST. C) READ. D) LONG. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FAST. 56. I can't ..... the father's actions, but I can certainly understand them. A) Ransom. B) Commend. C) Proposition. D) Impudent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Commend. 57. What part of the plot pyramid would this best match:Two men kidnap boy. A) Exposition. B) Rising Action. C) Climax. D) Falling Action. E) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exposition. 58. 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. 59. Sam went into town to drop off the ransom note ..... A) Diatribe. B) Surreptitiously. C) Proposition. D) Commend. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Surreptitiously. 60. 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. 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