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The Story 1
Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
The Story 2
Plot
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What did the main character like to do?
What is gambling?
100
Extremely talkative
What is Garrulous?
100
prancing about in a playful manner
What is Cavorting?
100
Who is the author of the story
What is Mark Twain?
100
Why does smiley train a frog
What is to bet on
200
How did Smiley's frog lose?
What is the stranger put quail shot in his frog
200
to guess
What is Conjecture?
200
having no particular interest
What is indifferent?
200
What is the name of Smileys frog he catches
What is Dan'l Webster?
200
The name of the gold mining camp where the story takes place.
What is Angel's Camp?
300
What does the narrator think smiley is?
What is a myth?
300
undisturbed; peaceful
What is Tranquil?
300
possessing imagination and initiative
What is Enterprising?
300
What tragic event does Smiley bet on
What is Parsons wife being ill
300
After his death Smiley catches a frog and trains it to jump.
What is his dog?
400
Why does smiley always win the horse races
What is his horse gets a head start
400
having a very bad reputation; disgraceful
What is Infamous?
400
a figure of speech exaggerating the truth
What is a Hyperbole?
400
How does the narrator escape wheelers conversation
What is he gets interrupted
400
Smiley bets a stranger this much money that his frog could jump higher than any other frog.
What is $40?
500
What is the name of the dog smiley bets on
Who is Andrew Jackson?
500
in a state of disrepair; rundown
What is Dilapidated?
500
A distinctively American form of storytelling featuring outlandish characters and events, often with a comic effect.
What is a Tall Tale?
500
This man is the husband of the woman who Jim Smiley had bet she would not improve her health. Simley admires this man because he is the best exhorter.
Who is Parson Walker?
500
The man who cheats by filling Dan'l with quail shot so the frog can't jump.
Who is The Stranger?