The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County wkst

Mark Twain

Directions: Use blue or black ink. Incorporate the question as part of your answer.

1. Who is this story mainly about?
2. What is the setting of this story?
3. What does the main character always do?
4. Name two events that the main character has bet on.
5. The key event here is about a frog-jumping contest. How does it turn out?
6. Exaggeration is an overstatement of something or a going beyond the truth. (“I’ve got a ton of homework.”) Give one example of exaggeration used in this story.
7. An idiom is a phrase whose meaning cannot be understood from the ordinary meanings of the words being used. (“Hold your tongue.”) Give one example of an idiom used in this story.