"The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" Test

After the stranger is gone, Jim Smiley tries to discern why his talented frog wouldn't jump. How does he discover that his frog has been tampered with?

He picks up the frog and realizes it weighs five pounds

As Jim Smiley is searching for a frog to give to the stranger for the competition, the stranger engages in some foul business. What cheating act does the stranger do before the competition?

He pours quail-shot into Smiley's frog

What type of story is The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

Humorous story

Author of "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"

Mark Twain

Who suspects that Leonidas W Smiley (aka Jim Smiley) is a made-up person

Narrator

won by grabbing the hind legs

Normally

The story begins with an unnamed narrator requesting information from an old man about someone named Leonidas W. Smiley. What is the name of this old man with a proclivity for story telling?

Simon Wheeler

told the story of the jumping frog bet

Simon Wheeler

Who is know for betting on his wife, the horse race, and dog fights

Smiley

dog fight LOST

because matched against dog with no hind legs

Smiley learned about the quail shot

but wasn't able to catch the man who tricked him

What was won by getting excited at the end

horse race

The frog lost the jumping contest because

the stranger filled him with quail shot and made him too heavy to hop.

Man who was betting against Smiley

thought the frog was no better than any other frog

How long did Jim Smiley "educate" his frog in order to make him a championship jumper?

three months

The stranger ends up winning the competition because Jim Smiley's frog is unable to jump. What does the stranger say as he leaves the competition?

"I don't see no p'ints about that frog thats any better'n any other frog"

A stranger tells Jim Smiley that he'd challenge Smiley's celebrated frog in a jumping contest, but he cannot at the moment because he doesn't have a frog. What wager did Smiley make for this proposed contest?

$40

As the old man is about to finish the story of Jim Smiley's jumping frog, he is interrupted by another individual. The narrator attempts to leave the locale, but the old man catches up with him. The story ends with the old man beginning to tell the narrator about what?

A one-eyed cow

Dog

Andrew Jackson

Jim Smiley had a "small bull-pup" dog that had a very intimidating name. What was this battle-ready dogs name?

Andrew Jackson

What is the setting?

Angel's Camp, a mining camp in rural California

Instead of telling the narrator about Leonidas W. Smiley, the old man tells stories about a man named Jim Smiley. What addiction or bad habit do we learn that Jim Smiley has?

Betting

frog that could out jump any other frog

Dan'l Webster

Jim Smiley's prized possession was obviously his "jumping frog". What famous political name did Smiley bestow on the frog?

Daniel Webster