The Ransom of Red Chief

Why does Bill ask Sam to lower the Ransom from $2000 to $1500?

• He hates money
• He doesn't think anyone should pay that much for Johnny
• He thinks Ebenezer is poor
• He wants to keep Johnny

Bills runs as far away from the Dorset house as he can get in which part of the story?

• the exposition
• the climax
• the rising action
• the resolution

Who is the narrator of the story?

• Red Chief
• Ebenezer Dorset
• Bill Driscoll
• Sam

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.

Sam and Bill told Red Chief that his father had bought him a rifle and moccasins because they wanted him to

• go hunting with them.
• go home.
• be happy.
• feel tricked.

Who suffered the most in this story?

• Red Chief
• Bill
• the narrator
• Ebvenezer Dorset

The quote "He put up a fight like a welter weight cinnamon bear" is an example of what?

• simile
• metaphor
• allusion
• hyperbole

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

Why did Sam and Bill pay Ebenezer Dorset?

• They wanted to keep him from reporting their crime
• They felt quilty for kidnapping his son
• They wanted to get rid of his son
• They felt sorry for him

An example of situational irony in O. Henry's story "The Ransom of Red Chief is that the kidnappers...

• choose a child of a well-to-do citizen to kidnap for ransom
• actually pay money to the child's parent to return the kidnapped victim
• are named Sam and Bill
• do not choose a very good location to exchange the ransom money