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.