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1. The tone of Mark Twain’s “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” can best be described as __________.

A. humorous

B. pleasant

C. bitter

D. desperate

2. Which of the following best describes Jim Smiley?

A. bored and annoyed

B. suspicious and aggressive

C. clever and competitive

D. gentle and tranquil

3. The reader is led to believe that Andrew Jackson, the fighting dog, lost his last fight because of __________.

A. his own stupidity

B. the other dog’s superior strength

C. a thrown sponge

D. a broken spirit after being tricked

4. When Twain writes that “[Smiley’s dog would grab the other dog . . . and hang on till they throwed up the sponge,” the phrase “throwed up the sponge” probably means that the people watching the dog fight __________.

A. admit that they lost the bet

B. bet more money on Smiley’s dog

C. grab Smiley’s dog and tie it up

D. try to help the other dog beat Smiley’s dog

5. Why did Smiley act indifferent when the stranger asked him about Dan’l Webster?

A. Smiley was hoping to convince the stranger to bet on how well Dan’l could jump.

B. Smiley was busy trying to teach Dan’l to jump when the stranger interrupted

C. Dan’l looked like he had something wrong with him, and Smiley was worried.

D. Simon Wheeler had cheated on a bet, and Smiley was angry.

6. When Jim Smiley brought Dan’l Webster downtown and “lay for a bet,” Twain means that Jim Smiley would _________.

A. talk for a while

B. lie down and sleep

C. put money on the frog’s jumping skills

D. wait for someone to make a bet with him

7. One aspect of “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” that makes the story humorous is the fact that __________.

A. Simon Wheeler does not recognize how ridiculous his tale is

B. the narrator believes everything that Simon Wheeler tells him

C. Smiley refuses to believe that the frog-jumping contest was fair

D. The stranger thinks that he can actually fool Smiley

8. According to Jim Smiley, a frog can become a great jumper if it is __________.

A. well fed

B. educated

C. shown affection

D. pampered

9. The example that best shows Smiley’s addiction to gambling with disregard for anything else is the bet he places on _________.

A. Dan’l Webster, the frog

B. Andrew Jackson, the dog

C. the mare

D. Parson Walker’s wife

10. The stranger got the best of Jim Smiley by _________.

A. stepping on Dan’l Webster

B. feeding Dan’l Webster a load of flies

C. filling Dan’l Webster with lead

D. pretending that his frog was sick

11. Why was Smiley so eager to catch up with the stranger?

A. The stranger tricked him out of his money.

B. Smiley owed him money.

C. The stranger left town with Dan’l Webster.

D. Smiley wanted a rematch.

12. Dan’l Webster “was planted as solid as a church” is an example of _________.

A. exaggeration

B. irony

C. personification

D. simile

13. Andrew Jackson would take a severe beating at the start of each fight so that __________.

A. Smiley would become upset

B. the fight would be stopped

C. more money would be bet for him to win

D. Smiley could increase the bets against him.

14. The first narrator suspects that _________.

A. Simon Wheeler’s memory is not very good

B. his friend back East had set him up

C. Leonidas W. Smiley has moved on to another town

D. Jim Smiley has moved on to another country

15. The climax in the plot of the story about Smiley’s frog occurs when _________.

A. Andrew Jackson loses a fight

B. Smiley boasts about his frog’s abilities

C. Smiley discovers the quail shot

D. Wheeler mentions the one-eyed cow

16. In “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” who tells the story about Jim Smiley and his frog?

A. Rev. Leonidas W. Smiley

B. the unnamed narrator

C. Henry Adams

D. Simon Wheeler

E. Jim Baker

17. What happens in the frame story of “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”?

A. The narrator arrives at the Angel’s Camp Hotel. Because his friend has asked him to, the narrator asks Simon Wheeler about Leonidas W. Smiley. Simon then tells him what he remembers of Leonidas W. Smiley.

B. Jim Smiley, a man who liked to bet on everything, trained a frog to jump high and found a man to bet against him. The man won the bet because he cheated.

C. The narrator arrives at the Angel’s Camp Hotel. Because his friend has asked him to, the narrator asks Simon Wheeler about Leonidas W. Smiley. Simon then begins talking about Jim Smiley.

D. Leonidas W. Smiley encounters Jim Smiley, and the two men argue about whose frog can jump the highest. Jim Smiley eventually wins because he cheats.

18. What was the narrator’s attitude toward Simon Wheeler?

A. He thought he was boring.

B. He did not understand the purpose of his story.

C. He could not understand his dialect.

D. He enjoyed his sense of humor.

E. Both (A) and (B)

19. Why did people generally bet against Jim Smiley’s animals?

A. They hardly ever won the competitions they entered.

B. They were sickly looking and did not appear as if they would be any good at fighting or racing.

C. The animals did not have any hind legs.

D. People generally did bet on his animals.

E. Both (A) and (B)

20. How did Jim Smiley’s bulldog win him money?

A. Even though it appeared fierce, it gave up at the end of every fight. Jim would always bet against it, and other people bet on it.

B. Jim bet on his dog because he knew it would win. His dog’s trick was that it would always attack the hind legs of whatever dog it was fighting at the very beginning of the fight. The other dog would then not be able to stand up for the rest of the fight.

C. The dog always gave up for the first part of the fight, letting the other dog win. People would double their bets against it, and Jim would bet even more money that his dog would win. When all hope appeared lost, his dog would grab onto the other dog’s hind legs until it gave up.

D. His dog was pitiful looking, but it always fought fiercely and won every fight it ever entered by a landslide. People would bet against it, but Jim knew his dog was fiercer than it looked.

21. How did Jim Smiley’s dog finally lose a fight?

A. He was matched up against the fiercest fighting dog in all of Calaveras County.

B. He was matched up against a dog with no hind legs.

C. He got sick, and Jim made him fight anyway.

D. His hind legs got chopped off in an accident, but Jim Smiley still entered him in a fight.

22. What was the name of Jim Smiley’s frog?

A. Daniel Webster

B. Andrew Jackson

C. Gunpowder

D. Simon Wheeler

23. What did he train the frog to do?

A. jump high in the air

B. run fast

C. jump far—from one rock to another

D. make noises that sounded like “The Star Spangled Banner”

24. How did the stranger beat Jim Smiley in the bet?

A. Jim tried to double his money by betting that his frog would still win even with a spoonful of quail shot in his belly.

B. He drugged Jim’s frog so that he fell asleep when the competition started.

C. He put a spoonful of quail shot in the frog’s mouth when Jim was not looking.

D. He had actually trained his frog to jump high too, and he had spent more time doing so.

25. What was the setting of “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”?

A. right outside of San Francisco, California in a gold mine

B. Hannibal, Missouri—a small riverboat town outside of St. Louis

C. Angel’s Camp, a large city in Northern Missouri

D. Angel’s Camp, a mining camp in rural California

Multiple Choice:

26. The story begins with the narrator asking for information from who?

a) Josh Farley

b) Daniel Leonidas

c) Simon Wheeler

d) Emily Tolliver

27. What do we soon find out that Jim Smiley has a problem. What is it ?

a) alcoholic

b) betting

c) eating disorder

d) liar

28. What was his bull-pup's name?

a) Lilly Laporte

b) Patrick Ray

c) Kaylee Lou

d) Andrew Jackson

29. How much was the bet?

a) 100$

b) 40$

c) 50$

d) 75$

30. What made Smiley's frog not win?

a) Quail shot

b) broken leg

c) died

d) couldn't find the frog

Vocabulary!

Circle the correct answer

31. Sally thinks that Josh is very (Garrulous/straddle bug)

32. Sally just (interminable/ conjectured) the outcome of the basketball game.

33. Today, biology was ( interminable/ bullyrag).

34. Joey would (bullyrag/flume) James if he didn’t bring him money.

35. The ( tag end/ flume) was on page 678 of the book.

36. The speech was (transcendent/monotonous).

37. They used a (bully rag/ flume) to power the boat house.

38. The little girl who won the pageant felt (transcendent/monotonous) to the other girls.

39. The old man was (ornery/flume)when he saw kids on his lawn.

Short Answer!

40. What is Smiley's frogs name?

41. Whats the name of another animal that Smiley had bet on?

Essays! Choose one of the following questions to answer and complete a solid paragraph to answer the question. Answer the essay question on the back of this test.

1.Is Jim Smiley's gambling method fair or unfair to his opponents?

2. Summarize the story that Simon Wheeler told the narrator.

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