The Ransom of Red Chief StaRtER

Before Reading After Reading

activities answers
1 1
1 c a 4 b 6 c 9 d 7 e 3 f 5 g 2 h 8 i 1
2 a
3 a 2
1 Mr Dorset.
2 2 Sam.
Students will find out as they read that the answer 3 Johnny.
is ‘b’. 4 Bill.

While Reading 3
Sam and Bill only have $200 when they arrive in the
small town of Summit. They want to kidnap the son of
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the richest man in town. Johnny Dorset is a small boy
1 F 2 F 3 T 4 F 5 F 6 T 7 T but he gives Sam and Bill a good fight. They take him
into the woods. Bill stays with Johnny, while Sam takes
2 the horses back to town. Johnny says that his name is
1 I’m tired. Let’s sleep. Red Chief now. He plays and plays with Bill! He puts a
2 It’s a little spider, Bill. Do you want to hold it? spider in his bed; he hits him on the head. Soon Bill is
3 We must write a letter now. very afraid of the little boy!
4 Wait a minute! Where’s the boy? Bill and Sam write a letter to Johnny’s father. They ask
for a big ransom. But when Mr Dorset answers, he says
3 no. He tells Sam and Bill to give him money. Then they
can escape from Johnny! Sam and Bill say yes. They
1 d 2 a 3 b 4 c 5 e
give the money and then run out of Summit.
4
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1 A boy who works for Dorset.
Possible answer:
2 $200.
Johnny catches Sam and Bill and gives them a good
3 They want to take Johnny here and give Dorset
fight. He is angry because he doesn’t want to live in a big
the money.
house with his parents. He likes camping in the woods
4 He’s very angry because he doesn’t want to go
with Sam and Bill.
home.
‘I’ve got some money for you,’ says Johnny. ‘It’s from my
5 For ten minutes.
parents. They want you to take me with you.’
6 They run away. / They run out of town.
‘It’s a lot of money,’ says Sam. ‘And we have nothing.
OK, you can live with us.’
‘Oh, no!’ says Bill. ‘He’s a monster.’
‘He’s only a little boy, Bill,’ says Sam.
They all live in a big house. Johnny is very happy now.
He gives them a good fight every day.
Then, one day, Sam has a letter. It is from two desperate
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men. It is a ransom note for Johnny!

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