Ransom of Red Chief

The author of 'The Ransom of Red Chief" is

• W.W. Jacobs

• O. Henry

• Daniel Keyes

• Shirley Jackson

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In"The Ransom of Red Chief," who is the narrator and from what POV?

• Bill; 1st person

• unknown narrator; 3rd

• Sam; third omniscient

• Sam; 1sr person

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who suffered the most in the story?

• sam

• bill

• ebenezer dorset

• red cheif

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Bill and Sam chose the town of Summit to commit their crime because..

• it was close to illinois

• they thought they would not get caught there

• on one there would miss Red Chief

• they would gets lots of publicity

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In the story, the narrator tells of his plan for the kidnapping, and then hints that something will go wrong when he says, "But wait till I tell you." This is an example of

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• hyperbole

• foreshadowing

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Just then we heard a war-whoop, such as David might have emitted when he knocked out the champion Goliath. This excerpt from the story contains...

• an allusion

• situational irony

• a hyperbole

• an idiom

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After being kidnapped, most children would be scared and want to go home. Red Chief says, "You won't take me back home, Snake-Eye, will you?" This is?

• verbal irony

• foreshadowing

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

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When Bill says "I ain't attempting..." and "says I," this is an example of

• foreshadowing

• dialect

• verbal irony

• hyperbole

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I went out and caught that boy and shook him until his freckles rattled. This line includes a(n)

• idiom

• allusion

• hyperbole

• dialect

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Which of the following is an example of dramatic irony?

• Sam and Bill expect to receive a ransom from Red Chief's father, but instead the end of having to pay.

• Red Chief tortures Bill constantly

• The reader and Sam know Red Chief is standing behind Bill, but Bill does not know this.

• Sam calls red Chief a little ewe lamb.

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