Ultimate The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
An enterprising person has
Imagination and initiative
Someone who is garrulous is
talkative
Indifferent means
uninterested
How long did Smiley "educate" his frog?
3 months
How does Smiley's mare make him "uncommon lucky"?
The excited mare wins in spite of her illnesses.
Cavorting means to
dance around in a playful manner.
What does Wheeler say that Dan'l Webster can do better than any other frog?
jump distance
Infamous has a
negative connotation of having a bad reputation.
What does tranquil mean?
peaceful
A tranquil feeling is
peaceful.
If a person is enterprising they are
resourceful.
What does the narrator suspect about Leonidas W. Smiley?
He is a made-up person.
Wheeler's claim that Smiley would bet "on anything that turned up you ever see" is best supported by Smiley's bet on
The Parson's wife not getting well
Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?
Wheeler saying that Smiley will follow a bug to Mexico
An example of hyperbole in this tall tale is Wheeler saying that Smiley
Will follow a bug to Mexico
Which description of Dan'l Webster uses the tall tale technique of understatement?
a frog needs only an education to do anything
The narrator suspects that Leonidas W. Smiley is
a made-up person
Wheeler states that Smiley would bet "on anything that turned up you ever see." An example what Wheeler means is when Smiley bet
about the Parson's wife not getting well.
Use the context clues to choose the best meaning of "bannanner" in the dialect of the following excerpt: "Well, thish-yer Smiley had a yaller one-eyed cow that didn't have no tail, only just a short stump like a bannanner..."
banana
Dialect is used with the term "bannanner" in the following statement from line 200. "Well, thish-yer Smiley had a yaller one-eyed cow that didn't have no tail, only just a short stump like a bannanner, and -" You can use context clues to determine the meaning of "bannanner" as a
banana.
The narrator's attempt to leave when Wheeler is out of the room suggests that he
believes that Wheeler will never stop talking
Smiley's mare make him "uncommon lucky" because
despite her illnesses, the mare wins.
How does the dialect of the following excerpt describe the bull-pup? "his underjaw'd begin to stick out like the fo'castle of a steamboat and his teeth would uncover and shine like the furnaces"
eager to win the fight and money
What does Andrew Jackson, the bull-pup, do to win his dog fights?
holds the other dog's hind leg
In order to win his dog fights, Andrew Jackson
holds the other dog's hind leg.
Conjecture means to form an opinion based on
incomplete information.
Dilapidated means
rundown
If something is dilapidated it is
rundown.
When the narrator attempts to leave once Wheeler is out of the room suggests that
the narrator believes Wheeler will never stop talking.