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Comprehension Skills

A. Choose the right answer.

1. Summit was a _____________.

a. peak b. town c. mountain

2. The two men needed 2000 dollars for an _____________.
a. illegal land deal b. adventurous trip c. operation

3. The two men wanted to get money by _____________.

a. robbing a traveller b. working hard c. kidnapping a boy

4. The boy’s father _____________.
a. wanted to take back the boy b. didn’t want to take back the boy

c. wanted $250 to take back the boy

5. The ransom was paid by the _____________.
a. father of the boy b. kidnappers c. villagers

B. Write T for true and F for false statements.

1. The little boy was very well-behaved. ( )

2. The boy called himself Red Chief. ( )
3. The little boy didn’t want to go home. ( )

4. The boy’s father was very anxious about the boy. ( )

5. The boy’s father paid a huge ransom to the kidnappers. ( )

C. Who said this to whom?

1. "Would you like to have a bag of candy and a nice ride?"
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2. "Ha! Paleface, do you dare to enter the camp of Red Chief, the terror of the plains?"

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3. "You won’t take me back home again, will you?"

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4. "How long can you hold him?"
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5. "I am not as strong as I used to be".

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