Back to the English Class

The story takes place in the state of…
- Illinois
- Mississippi
- Alabama

​

At the beginning of the story, the narrator and Bill Driscoll have…
- no money at all
- $600
- $2,000

​

They need…
- $600
- $2,000
- $5,000
… in order to…
- buy a piece of land
- buy a house
- leave the country

​

To get that money, they decide to kidnap a kid who is…
- Indian
- 10 years old
- red-haired

​

Ebenezer Dorsets is the name of…
- the kid
- the narrator
- the kid’s father

​

They kidnap the boy…
- in his bedroom
- in the street
- in the forest

​

Once brought to the cave, the boy…
- is angry at being kidnapped
- is unconscious
- doesn’t want to go back home

​

He claims his name is…
- Paleface
- Red Chief
- Old Hank

​

All story long…
- the kid “tortures” Bill
- the narrator “tortures” the kid
- Bill “tortures” the kid

​

True or false ?
On the second day of the kidnapping
- Bill attempts to scalp the kid with a knife True / False
- the town where the boy was kidnapped is quiet True / False
- the narrator prevents the kid from hitting Bill with a rock True / False
- the narrator threatens the kid to send him back home True / False
- the kid promises to behave True / False

 

The narrator finally sends a letter to the kid’s father, asking for…
- $15
- $500
- $1,500

​

If the father doesn’t follow his demands, the narrator threatens to…
- return the boy
- kill the boy
- cut one of the boy’s fingers

​

In his answer, the father makes a counter-proposal. He asks the kidnappers to…
- give him more time to gather the money
- bring the kid home, plus $250
- keep the kid

True or false ?
  - the kid’s real name is Sam True / False
- the narrator’s name is Jonny True / False
- Bill thinks the counter-proposal is ridiculous True / False

 

The kidnappers finally accept the counter-proposal. To force the kid to follow them, they make him believe that…
- they are going to fish
- his father has bought him a gun
- his father just want to tell him goodbye for good

 

Once brought to his father, Bill and the narrator…
- are invited in by the father
- are arrested by the police
- run away as fast as they can