Question

In “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” by Mark Twain, Jim Smiley is a _____.

Answer 1

The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” by Mark Twain, Jim Smiley is a _gambler___ .

Answer 2

he correct answer is D. Gambler

Explanation:

"The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is a short story written by the American author Mark Twain and published in 1865. In this story, the narrator tells a story he heard from a bartender called Simon Wheeler about Jim Smiley who was a gambler. In this story, it is described Jim Smiley would gamble and bet on everything and because of this, he decides to catch a frog and train it to jump and then tries to use the trained frog to win a bet, but it is cheated by the other man that was participating in the bet. Therefore, in this short story, Jim Smiley is a gambler.