Characters
This is the name of the narrator who visits Angel's Camp looking for information about Leonidas W. Smiley.
Who is the unnamed narrator?
This is what the narrator was originally looking for when he visited Angel's Camp.
What is information about Leonidas W. Smiley?
The story takes place in this California county during the Gold Rush era.
What is Calaveras County?
This is what the stranger claims he doesn't have when Smiley wants to make a bet.
What is a frog?
Jim Smiley would bet on this happening to the parson's wife when she was very sick.
What is her recovery/getting better?
This talkative storyteller at Angel's Camp tells the tale of Jim Smiley and his jumping frog.
Who is Simon Wheeler?
Jim Smiley spent three months teaching his frog to do this specific action.
What is jump?
Simon Wheeler tells his story while sitting in this type of establishment in Angel's Camp.
What is a tavern (or saloon)?
Smiley spent this many months training Dan'l Webster to jump on command and catch flies.
What is three months?
Smiley trained this slow animal to catch flies and claimed it could outjump any frog in Calaveras County.
What is a frog?
This gambling man owned the famous jumping frog and would bet on anything.
Who is Jim Smiley?
The stranger used this substance to sabotage Dan'l Webster before the jumping contest.
What is quail shot (or buckshot)?
This is the decade when the story is set, during California's mining boom period.
What are the 1840s or 1850s?
This is how much money Smiley bet the stranger that his frog could outjump any frog in the county.
What is forty dollars?
This was the name of Jim Smiley's one-eyed mare that was slow and sickly but somehow always managed to win races at the last moment.
What is the fifteen-minute nag?