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Sam
Bill
Red Chief
Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
100
Why did Bill and Sam decide to commit their crime in Summit?
They wouldn't get caught.
100
Why did Bill suggest lowering the ransom amount to $1,500?
He did not think anyone would pay $2000 for the boy.
100
Why didn’t the boy try to escape from Sam and Bill?
He was having too much fun.
100
What are you expressing when you commend another person’s work?
approval
100
What are people who collaborate on a project doing?
Working together
200
Why did Sam and Bill pay Ebenezer Dorset?
They wanted to get rid of his son.
200
Why did Sam have trouble catching up with Bill at the end of the story?
Bill ran so fast.
200
Why was the name of the town ironic?
3-5 sentences: Summit means the top of a hill or mountain. Summit is as flat as "flannel-cake" or pancake.
200
What kinds of things would a diatribe in the local newspaper probably be about?
tax increase
200
What does “the radius of newspapers that send reporters out in plain clothes” refer to?
newspapers from that area
300
What line from the beginning of the story foreshadows the outcome of the kidnapping?
It looked like a good thing, but wait till I tell you.
300
What are some other examples of irony from the story?
Red Chief made Bill his captive.
300
What can you tell about the neighbors from Ebenezer Dorset’s letter?
They did not like Red Chief.
300
What would be a synonym for undeleterious?
harmless
300
What does philoprogenetiveness mean?
Love for one's own children
400
Why did Sam and Bill tell Red Chief his father had bought him a rifle and moccasins?
They wanted him to go home.
400
Describe an example of an external conflict in the story?
3-5 sentences and examples: Any of the incidents between Red Chief and Bill.
400
Why didn’t Red Chief want to go home?
He was having too much fun camping in the cave.
400
In what way does an impudent person speak?
Disrespectful(ly)
400
What would be an antonym for pervade?
close together
500
Who received the best “deal” from the kidnapping situation (be prepared to explain)?
3-5 Sentences: Ebenezer Dorset? Bill Driscoll? Sam? Red Chief?
500
Describe an example of an internal conflict in the story?
3-5 Sentences and examples: Anything regarding giving up the ransom money they are wanting, in order to get rid of the boy.
500
Who is Johnny? Why did he change his name?
3-5 sentences and examples: Johnny is Red Chief. He wants to play "Indian".
500
What do you do when you comply with an order?
Follow it.
500
How would you leave school surreptitiously?
Sneak out the back door.