Ransom of Red Chief

The author of 'The Ransom of Red Chief" is

• W.W. Jacobs

• O. Henry

• Daniel Keyes

• Shirley Jackson

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

who suffered the most in the story?

• sam

• bill

• ebenezer dorset

• red cheif

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

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

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

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

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

• foreshadowing

• dialect

• verbal irony

• hyperbole

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

• idiom

• allusion

• hyperbole

• dialect

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.