"The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" Quiz

Does the narrator believe that Rev. Leonidas Smiley is a real person?

• Yes

• No

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Who tells the narrator about Jim Smiley?

• his friend

• Simon Wheeler

• Leonidas Smiley

• Elmira Twain

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Andrew Jackson, Smiley's dog, lost his final dog fight because...

• the other dog was better than him.

• the other dog didn't have any back legs.

• he wasn't fed well.

• he had to fight a cat.

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Jim Smiley liked to _________.

• gamble

• work

• drink

• fight

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Jim Smiley's mare was called ___________.

• Black Beauty

• Sleeping Beauty

• El Diablo

• the fifteen minute nag

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The story is set in ___________.

• Hnnibal, Missouri

• Cheyenne, Wyoming

• Angel's Camp, California

• San Francisco, California

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Smiley's frog was named _____________.

• Daniel Webster

• Froggy

• Kermit

• Ferdinand

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The stranger's frog...

• was well trained.

• was his own pet.

• was retrieved from the swamp by Jim Smiley.

• was sold to him by Simon Wheeler.

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The stranger filled Daniel Webster with __________ to weigh him down.

• flies

• quailshot

• gun powder

• nothing

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What is the last of Jim Smiley's animals that Simon Wheeler mentions?

• a canary

• a bull pup

• a frog

• a one-eyed cow

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