The Ransom of Red Chief Questions and Answers
What are the comedic elements in "The Ransom of Red Chief"?
In "The Ransom of Red Chief," what are the games Red Chief played with Bill and Sam?
In the "Ransom of Red Chief" what do Sam and Bill need the money of the ransom for?
Why does the boy prefer staying with Sam and Bill to going home in "The Ransom of Red Chief"?
How do Bill and Sam sign the ransom letter? Could this signature be taken two ways? How?
Bill and Sam signed the ransom note "Two Desperate Men"—what is the possible meaning of the signature?
In "The Ransom of Red Chief," when do the two kidnappers realize that their plan may backfire?
How does Bill feel about the boy in "The Ransom of Red Chief"?
How does Bill react when he returns to the cave in "The Ransom of Red Chief"?
What are some of the things that Red Chief does to annoy Bill in "The Ransom of Red Chief" by O. Henri?
Compare and contrast the characters Sam and Bill in "The Ransom of Red Chief."
How does this story show truth, reality, and perception?
How do the criminals change throughout the story "The Ransom of Red Chief"?
In the story "The Ransom of Red Chief," why is Bill's favorite Biblical character King Herod? Why is this humorous?
How do Bill and Sam finally get rid of Red Chief?
Why does Sam ask Bill if there is heart disease in his family in the story "The Ransom of Red Chief"?
Why did Bill and Sam choose Summit as a location for the kidnapping?
What is ironic about how Ebenezer Dorset responds to the ransom note in O. Henry's short story, "The Ransom of Red Chief."
Describe the characterization of Red Chief (from "The Ransom of Red Chief" by O. Henry) in detail.
In "The Ransom of Red Chief," why do Bill and Sam decide on the town of Summit for their scheme?
Why did Bill and Sam decide to kidnap a prominent citizen’s child?
What is the theme of "The Ransom of Red Chief"?
What does Ebenezer Dorset's letter to the kidnappers tell us about the boy Johnny in "The Ransom of Red Chief"?
Why does Bill ask Sam to reduce the ransom amount?
In "The Ransom of Red Chief," how did Sam wake up in the morning? What was Red Chief doing?
List the irony in "The Ransom of Red Chief".
Explain why the reply from Red Chief’s father is an example of irony. From "The Ransom of Red Chief" by O. Henry.
How does O. Henry’s use of irony create a humorous tone?
In O. Henry's "The Ransom of Red Chief," how do the criminals change?
A kidnapping plan ought to do better in the country than in the city. Why did Sam and Bill think so?
In O. Henry's short story, "The Ransom of Red Chief," why do the kidnappers choose the town of Summit to commit their crime?
What moral lesson do kids get from the story of "The Ransom of Red Chief"?
What is the plot diagram of Ransom of Red Chief?
What is a character sketch of Sam in "The Ransom of Red Chief"?
In "The Ransom of Red Chief" by O. Henri, how does the little boy respond to being kidnapped?
Judging from how Red Chief behaves, what sort of person do you think he will grow up to be?
How does the boy's father respond to the ransom letter in "The Ransom of Red Chief"?
How did the little boy respond at first to being kidnapped in "The Ransom of Red Chief" by O. Henry?
In "The Ransom of Red Chief," what does Sam mean when he says "a fraudulent town lot scheme"?
Who is Johnny Dorset in the story "The Ransom of Red Chief"?
What is the point of view of the story "The Ransom of Red Chief" by O. Henry?
Why do Bill and Sam agree to the terms of Mr. Dorset's letter in "The Ransom of Red Chief?" Can you give me a quote to prove why they agree?
In "The Ransom of Red Chief," how does the kidnapping backfire on the kidnappers?
Why does the narrator walk to Poplar Cove in "The Ransom of Red Chief?"
What allusion does the author make in "The Ransom of Red Chief"?
Describe the dream the narrator of "The Ransom of the Red Chief" has.
I am writing an essay on "Ransom of Red Chief," but I'm having trouble writing a thesis. Can someone help me? This is what I wrote: "Although the criminals accomplish the kidnapping, holding red chief for ransom was a difficult task."
In"The Ransom of Red Chief," why does Bill say that the kidnapping plan struck them at a moment when they weren't thinking clearly?
Sam wakes up because he is afraid of getting burned at sundown. True or false?
What is Sam's full name in the O. Henry short story, "The Ransom of Red Chief"?
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