Vocabulary
Story Details
Literary Devices
General Knowledge
100
Ransom
A payment demanded for the release of someone/something
100
What color is Red Chief's hair?
Red
100
The story is told from what point of view?
First person
100
What is the common term for a person taken in a kidnapping?
Hostage
200
Shuddered
Shook or trembled.
200
What is the name of Bill's partner in crime?
Sam
200
The following is an example of which literary device:
"There was a town down there, as flat as a flannel-cake."
Simile
200
In what animated movie is a fish kidnapped, and his father goes on a journey to find him?
Finding Nemo
300
Porous
Having small holes that allow liquids or air to pass through.
300
What is the name of the town where the story takes place?
Summit
300
When Bill and Sam first see the boy he is throwing rocks at a kitten. This is an example of ...
Foreshadowing
300
Traditionally, what are naughty kids said to receive at Christmas?
Coal
400
Egotism
Excessive focus on oneself; self-centeredness.
400
What is the full name of the boy who gets kidnapped by Bill and Sam?
Johnny Dorset
400
The following is an example of which literary device:
"Just then we heard a kind of war-whoop, such as David might have emitted when he knocked out the champion Goliath."
Allusion
400
The movie from which this child outsmarts two criminals, not unlike Ransom of Red Chief
Home Alone
500
Surreptitiously
Done in a secret or sneaky way, avoiding notice.
500
How much money does Red Chief's father demand in order to take him back?
$250
500
Bill's response is an example of what literary device:
“How long can you hold him?” asks Bill.
“I’m not as strong as I used to be,” says old Dorset, “but I think I can promise you ten minutes.”
“Enough,” says Bill. “In ten minutes I shall cross the Central, Southern and Middle Western States, and be legging it trippingly for the Canadian border.”
Hyperbole
500
Geronimo was a leader of which Native American tribe?
Apache