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Grade 8 The Ransom of Red Chief
What is the best description of Johnny Dorset?
  1. He is a freckle-faced boy with red hair who enjoys being outside and playing make believe games
  2. He is one of the kidnappers in the story
  3. He is a kind-hearted young man who goes around his neighborhood doing good deeds, such as mowing lawns and washing windows
  4. He is the father of the kidnapped child
Grade 8 The Ransom of Red Chief
This character narrates the story:
  1. Red Chief
  2. Ebenezer Dorset
  3. Bill Driscoll
  4. Sam
Grade 8 The Ransom of Red Chief
This character is most afraid of Red Chief:
  1. Red Chief
  2. Sam
  3. Bill Driscoll
  4. Ebenezer Dorset
Grade 8 The Ransom of Red Chief
This character is the kidnapper who wants to lower the amount of money in the ransom:
  1. Red Chief
  2. Sam
  3. Bill Driscoll
  4. Ebenezer Dorset
Grade 8 The Ransom of Red Chief
This character is ten years old:
  1. Red Chief
  2. Sam
  3. Bill Driscoll
  4. Ebenezer Dorset
Grade 8 The Ransom of Red Chief
An example of situational irony in O. Henry's story "Ransom of Red Chief" is that the kidnappers...
  1. choose a child of a prominent citizen for their crime
  2. actually pay more money to the child's parent to return the kidnapped victim
  3. are named Sam and Bill
  4. do not choose a very good location to exchange the ransom money
Grade 8 The Ransom of Red Chief
The climax of the plot in "Ransom of Red Chief" occurs when...
  1. Ebenezer Dorset's letter demands $250 in order to receive Johnny back home
  2. Red Chief hits Bill Driscoll with a piece of brick
  3. Sam and Bill hide Johnny in a wagon and take him to the cave
  4. Johnny tells the kidnappers that he wants to stay with him
Grade 8 The Ransom of Red Chief
What was Johnny's reaction when he was returned to his home?
  1. ran inside and hugged his mother
  2. threw a fit because he didn't want to go home
  3. couldn't wait to ride his horse
  4. couldn't wait to play Indian with his family
Grade 8 The Ransom of Red Chief
What is significant about the amounts of $2,000 and $1,500?
  1. $2000 is the amount of money that Sam and Bill got from robbing a bank, and $1500 is from the heist before that
  2. $1500 is the original amount of money that the kidnappers decide to set as the ransom, but then they decide that they need more money, so they ask for $2000
  3. All of the answers here are correct and accurate
  4. $2,000 is the amount of money that Sam and Bill originally planned to ask in ransom, but Bill asked Sam to lower the ransom amount to $1500 for fear that $2000 might be too much to ask
Grade 8 The Ransom of Red Chief
In which state does the story take place?
  1. Oklahoma
  2. Tennessee
  3. Alabama
  4. Kentucky
Grade 8 The Ransom of Red Chief
Where do the kidnappers hide little Johnny?
  1. Under the hay in a horse stall of a very large barn
  2. They transport Johnny in a buggy and then hide him in a cave
  3. They hide Johnny in the trunk of a junk car at a junk yard
  4. Johnny is hidden in a basement of an abandoned house on the edge of town
Grade 8 The Ransom of Red Chief
What is the name of the town where Johnny is from
  1. Mountain View
  2. Summit
  3. Greenbow
  4. Mobile
Grade 8 The Ransom of Red Chief
What is NOT an abuse that Johnny heaps upon Bill?
  1. Johnny hits Bill with a rock
  2. Johnny rides Bill like a horse
  3. He puts a red-hot potato down Bill's back
  4. Johnny spits in Bill's hands
Grade 8 The Ransom of Red Chief
How did Sam and Bill sign the ransom note?
  1. Two Desperados
  2. Two Dead Men
  3. Two Desperate Men
  4. Two Deranged Men
Grade 8 The Ransom of Red Chief
What is not an abuse that Johnny heaps upon Bill?
  1. Johnny hits Bill with a rock
  2. Johnny rides Bill like a horse
  3. He puts a red-hot potato down Bill's back
  4. Johnny spits in Bill's hands
Grade 8 The Ransom of Red Chief
What nickname did Red Chief give to Bill?
  1. Sam
  2. Old Hank
  3. Hankie
  4. Billy
Grade 8 The Ransom of Red Chief
What nickname did Red Chief give to Sam?
  1. Bill
  2. Old Hank
  3. Sammy
  4. Snake Eyes