This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Classics > The Ransom Of Red Chief – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Ransom Of Red Chief Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which best describes how the author introduces the boy? A) The author introduces the boy as a tough but loving character. B) The author introduces the boy as a sweet and kind character. C) The author introduces the boy as a tough and mean character. D) The author introduces the boy as a sweet but sassy character. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The author introduces the boy as a tough and mean character. 2. Short Story, "The Ransom of Red Chief"Ebenezer Dorset decided to pay the ransom of $ 1, 500 to Sam and Bill A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 3. Stealthy, furtively, secretly A) Surreptitiously. B) Contiguous. C) Sleepy. D) Court-plaster. E) Diatribe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Surreptitiously. 4. We are introduced to Bill and Sam in the town of Summit where they plan a kidnapping/ransom plan. A) Resolution. B) Climax. C) Rising action. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exposition. 5. The situational irony shown is: A) They kidnapped Ebenezer's son. B) They ask for $ 1, 500 to return the kid. C) The kidnappers end up paying $ 250 for returning the kid. D) Ebenezer is a prominent citizen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The kidnappers end up paying $ 250 for returning the kid. 6. What did Red Chief put down Bill's back and smash with his foot? A) Hot boiled potato. B) Rock. C) Fire. D) Bacon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hot boiled potato. 7. What does somn mean? A) Without; not. B) To; toward. C) With; together; in association; (with intensive force) completely. D) Sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sleep. 8. What is the meaning of 'cauterized' as used in the story? A) Cheating; dishonest. B) Rude; disrespectful. C) A little troublesome kid. D) To burn to pervent infection. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To burn to pervent infection. 9. What is the definition of collaborate? A) In a sneaky way; secretly. B) A suggested plan. C) To work together on a project. D) To be spread or to be present throughout. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To work together on a project. 10. Who writes the story? A) Narrator. B) Character. C) Author. D) Protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Author. 11. What horrible thing does Johnny do to Bill? A) He puts a boiled potato down his back. B) He tries to scalp him. C) He rides him like a horse. D) All of these things. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these things. 12. Short Story, "The Elevator" "'Hello, Martin, ' she said, and laughed, and pushed the Stop button." This is the last line of our story. At what precise part of the plot does this story end? A) Resolution. B) Rising action. C) Climax. D) Falling action. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climax. 13. Where did they store provisions near Summit? A) In a cave on a small mountain. B) In the village square. C) In a big mansion. D) In a forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In a cave on a small mountain. 14. What is ironic about how the kidnappers sign the ransom note? A) They are desperate for the $ 1500. B) They are desperate to give Johnny back to his family because he's so annoying. C) They don't sign the ransom note. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are desperate to give Johnny back to his family because he's so annoying. 15. (adj.) related to a wood or forest A) Sylvan. B) Peremptory. C) Diatribe. D) Contiguous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sylvan. 16. Eating a healthy diet and getting plenty of sleep should be a ..... part of your daily habits. A) Prominent. B) Small. C) Thoughtful. D) Fraudulent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prominent. 17. Urgently needed or desired A) Precarious. B) Reputation. C) Desperate. D) Raises eyebrows. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Desperate. 18. The town being called Summit, but being as flat as a flannel cake. A) Situational. B) Verbal. C) Dramatic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Situational. 19. When Ebenezer suggest bringing Red Chief back at night and explains his reasoning, the author creates irony because ..... A) He doesn't wan the kidnappers to get caught. B) The neighbors will hurt anyone bringing the kid back. C) He wants to make sure Red Chief is still asleep. D) He doesn't want anyone to see the money exchanging hands. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The neighbors will hurt anyone bringing the kid back. 20. Disrespectful or poorly behaved A) Impudent. B) Proposition. C) Dote. D) Diatribe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Impudent. 21. Extract or remove; consider theoretically or separately from something else A) Accede. B) Undeleterious. C) Abstracting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abstracting. 22. Which of the following is an ANTONYM of subjugate? A) Conquer. B) Liberate. C) Overcome. D) Accuse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Liberate. 23. What's the difference between a central idea and a theme? A) A theme is for nonfiction and a central idea is for fiction. B) A theme and the central idea are the same. They are both what the story is mostly about. C) A theme is a moral or a lesson of a story, and the central idea is what the story is mostly about. D) The theme is for nonfiction and fiction stories. The central idea is just for nonfiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A theme is a moral or a lesson of a story, and the central idea is what the story is mostly about. 24. Today Burj Khalifa in Dubai is the tallest structure in the world at 2, 717 feet. What was the tallest structure in 1910? A) The Canadian National Tower at 1, 748 feet. B) The Eiffel Tower at 984 feet. C) The Sears Tower at 1, 450 feet. D) The Empire State Building at 1, 454 feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Eiffel Tower at 984 feet. 25. The difference between right and wrong is difficult and you should always try to choose the ..... answer A) Industrious. B) Lackadaisical. C) Moral. D) Surreptitious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Moral. 26. How has the speaker described the town of Summit? A) ' as yummy as a gummy bear'. B) ' as creamy as a cheesecake'. C) ' as scary as a ghost'. D) ' as flat as a flannel cake'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ' as flat as a flannel cake'. 27. Important person, famous A) Prominent. B) Imp. C) Courier. D) Impudent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prominent. 28. What does com-mean? A) Apart; away. B) With; together; in association; (with intensive force) completely. C) Sleep. D) Being or acting in a particular state or manner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With; together; in association; (with intensive force) completely. 29. How much money did they have left in the end? A) $ 900. B) $ 250. C) $ 350. D) $ 300. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) $ 350. 30. Bold and disrespectful A) Collaborate. B) Commend. C) Diatribe. D) Impudent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Impudent. 31. (especially of a smell) spread through and be perceived in every part of; be present and apparent throughout A) Pervading. B) Palatable. C) Industriously. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pervading. 32. I ..... on my dog once he came home after his surgery. A) Doted. B) Humiliated. C) Emitted. D) Sullenly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Doted. 33. To burn the skin around a wound to stop bleeding or prevent infection is to A) Cauterize. B) Accede. C) Decry. D) Emit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cauterize. 34. The foreshadowing that Red Chief was a menace can be see when: A) He enjoys his stay in the cave. B) He is seen throwing pebbles at a kitten. C) His sheer joy in troubling Bill. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is seen throwing pebbles at a kitten. 35. What was the average wage per hour in 1910? A) $ 1.85. B) $ 2.25. C) .22 cents. D) .57 cents. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) .22 cents. 36. Definition:Exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality A) Imp. B) Terrorized. C) Desperate. D) Ferocious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ferocious. 37. The climax of the plot in "Ransom of Red Chief" occurs when ..... A) Ebenezer Dorset's letter demands $ 250 in order to receive Johnny back home. B) Red Chief hits Bill Driscoll with a piece of brick. C) Sam and Bill hide Johnny in a wagon and take him to the cave. D) Johnny tells the kidnappers that he wants to stay with him. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ebenezer Dorset's letter demands $ 250 in order to receive Johnny back home. 38. In what state did the story take place? A) Illinois. B) Ohio. C) Canada. D) Alabama. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alabama. 39. What does the word palatable most likely mean in this sentence: "Then, when the settlers was rescued, I was given oats. Sand ain't a palatable substitute." A) Oats are not good. B) Oats taste just like sand. C) That sand is not a tasty substitute for oats. D) Sand is a great substitute for oats. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That sand is not a tasty substitute for oats. 40. Agree to a demand, request, or treaty A) Accede. B) Abstracting. C) Square. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accede. 41. The counter proposition that Ebenezer Dorset made to the kidnappers was: A) He gives them 1500 dollars and they bring him to his house at night. B) He give them 2000 dollars. C) They are allowed to return Red Chief if they pay 250 dollars. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are allowed to return Red Chief if they pay 250 dollars. 42. Why do you think Sam said this to Bill? "Bill, " says I, "there isn't any heart disease in your family, is there?" A) He was worried about Bill's health. B) Bill hadn't been eating well lately, and Sam thought he may end up with heart disease. C) Bill had been sick recently. D) He was worried Bill would have a heart attack when he turned around to see the boy standing there. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He was worried Bill would have a heart attack when he turned around to see the boy standing there. 43. Which statement best describes the narrator and his partner? A) They are criminal masterminds who devise a foolproof plan. B) They are bumbling crooks who bit off more than they can chew. C) They are honest businessmen who got tangled up in a mess. D) They are ordinary guys who stumble upon an unusual way to make money. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They are ordinary guys who stumble upon an unusual way to make money. 44. It is expected that you will ..... with the rules in school. A) Comply. B) Impudent. C) Proposition. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comply. 45. What nickname did Johnny give Sam? A) Old Hank the Trapper. B) Snake-Eye-the-Spy. C) King Herod. D) Red Chief. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Snake-Eye-the-Spy. 46. In 1910, silent films were popular. What was the top money-making movie in 2021? A) Venom:Let There Be Carnage. B) Black Widow. C) Spiderman:No Way Home. D) Dune. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spiderman:No Way Home. 47. Condemnation; bitter, abusive criticism A) Diatribe. B) Impudent. C) Pervade. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diatribe. 48. A student who is somnolent is A) Sleepy. B) Energetic. C) Sick. D) Wide awake. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sleepy. 49. The word palatable means: A) Gross. B) Easy to eat. C) Salty. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Easy to eat. 50. From Ebenezer Dorset's letter you can tell that the neighbors ..... A) Did not like Red Chief. B) Were worried about the safe return of Red Chief. C) Had been helping Dorset look for his son. D) Were not sure how best to help Dorset. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did not like Red Chief. 51. This character spies on the town to see what kind of things the townspeople were doing when they discovered the kidnapping: A) Red Chief. B) Ebenezer Dorset. C) Bill Driscoll. D) Sam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sam. 52. Which sentence from the story is most likely meant to produce curiosity in the reader? A) "It looked like a good thing:but wait till I tell you.". B) "There was a town down there, as flat as a flannel-cake, and called Summit.". C) "We talked it over on the front steps of the hotel.". D) "We selected for our victim the only child of a prominent citizen named Ebenezer Dorset.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "It looked like a good thing:but wait till I tell you.". 53. A ten-year old holy terror A) Sam. B) Ebenezer Dorset. C) Red Chief. D) Bill Driscoll. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red Chief. 54. The kidnappers demanded a ..... before they returned the boy. A) Ransom. B) Diatribe. C) Proposition. D) Comply. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ransom. 55. Summit is a ..... A) Town. B) Village. C) City. D) Island. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Town. 56. Short Story, "The Ransom of Red Chief"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. 57. The highest point of a hill or mountain. A) Cauterized. B) Peremptory. C) Vicinity. D) Summit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Summit. 58. The climax is defined as ..... A) Thickening the plot. B) The highest most intense part of the story. C) The problem. D) The dilemma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The highest most intense part of the story. 59. Definition:violation of allegiance or of faith and confidence A) Rowdy. B) Egotism. C) Sullenly. D) Treachery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Treachery. 60. What type of characterization is used to describe Bill's personality? 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