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This story is told from 1st person point of view; which character narrates the story?
a) Red Chief
b) Bill
c) Sam
d) Mr. Dorset

The boys stay with the men in the cave because he...
a) likes playing with Bill
b) plans to get some of the money
c) knows his father does not care
d)

What leads you to predict that Bill will Want to return the boy early?
a) The boy tries to scalp Bill.
b) Bill has to sleep near the boy.
c) Sam leaves Bill behind with the boy.
d)

What is the counter-proposition that Mr. Dorset suggests?
a) The kidsnappers lower the ransom to $250
b) The kidnappers pay Mr. Dorset $250 to take the boy back.
c) Mr. Dorset tells the kidnappers to keep the boy because nobody wants him around.
d)

Why does Bills ask Sam to lower the ransom amount?
a) They didn't anticipate how difficult the boy would be to hold captive.
b) They learn Mr. Dorset has fallen on hard times and may not have enough money to pay.
c) They don't want to be greedy.
d)

Where do the kidnappers take Red Chief?
a) They take him to the bank so he can help with their robbery.
b) They take him to Summit.
c) They take him to their cave.
d)

Why did Sam and Bill choose Evenezer Dorset's son as their victim?
a) They figured Dorset was a mortgage fancier and would be desperate to get his son back.
b) He would be easy to kidnap because he was so skinny.
c) Everyone in the neigborhood loved him and would do anything to get him bac.
d)

How much more money did Sam and Bill need?
a) $2000
b) $600
c) $250
d)

Why do Sam and Bill feel that Summit is the safest place to carry out their plan?
a) People don't care about anything in Summit.
b) Summit couldn't get after them with anything stronger than constables.
c) The banks didn't receive much protection.
d)

Who is the author of author or The Ransom of Red Chief?
a) Edgar Allan Poe
b) William Sydney Porter
c) Charles Dickens
d)

Bill and Sam caught the boy when he was throwing rocks...
a) in a pond
b) at a window
c) at a bird
d) at a kitten

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