The Ransom of Red Chief

Who is the narrator of the story?

• Red Chief
• Ebenezer Dorset
• Bill Driscoll
• Sam

In what state did the story take place?

• Ohio
• Canada
• Alabama
• Illinois

What was the first thing the boy does to Bill?

• hit him in the eye with a piece of brick
• ride on his back for ninety miles
• scalp him
• put a hot potato down his back

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why didn't the boy try to escape from Bill and Sam?

• He did not kjnow where he was.
• He was having too much fun.
• He was too far from home.
• He was afreaid they would catch him.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

Bill and Sam decided to commit their crime in Summit because they thought

• they would not get caught
• it was close to Illinois
• no one would miss Red Chief
• they would get lots of publicity

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CCSS.W.8.1B

a price demanded in return for the release of property or person

• surreptitiously

• proposition

• ransom

in a sneaky way; secretly

• proposition

• surreptitiously

• pervade

The kidnappers were not expecting to have their request for a _______________ rejected.

• ransom

• surreptitiously

• proposition

Unexpected sight of unusual one

• Philoprogenitiveness

• Diatribe

• Apparition

Producing Offspring

• Lackadaisical

• Philoprogenitiveness

• Undeleterious

• Diatribe