Question: THE NOTORIOUS JUMPING FROM OF CALAVERAS COUNTY

Answer:

Question: The narrator calls on Simon Wheeler to

Answer: find out about a friend’s childhood friend, Rev. Leonidas W. Smiley

Question: Why does the narrator listen to Simon Wheeler’s long story?

Answer: Simon has backed the narrator into a corner and won’t let him escape

Question: Jim Smiley’s horse wins races by

Answer: barreling past the other horse, after having a head start

Question: Andrew Jackson, the bull pup, wins fights by

Answer: holding his opponent’s hind leg until the other dog collapses

Question: The bull pup finally loses a fight when he

Answer: is pitted against a dog that doesn’t have hind legs

Question: Is the stranger as innocent as he appears

Answer: no, because he tricks smiley

Question: How does the frog lose the rase?

Answer: the stranger fills him with lead pellets, so the frog is too heavy to hop

Question: Simon Wheeler is best described as

Answer: long-winded and unintentionally funny

Question: Jim Smiley is best described as a

Answer: gullible gambler