1. Which sentence best summarizes "The Ransom of Red Chief"?

a. A father allows his son to be kidnapped because the son is ill behaved.
b. A father convinces two kidnappers to return his son because he is missed by the neighbors.
c. Two kidnappers take a child from a small town and have trouble with the child until they return the child at night.
d. Two kidnappers develop a scheme to take money from a small-town family but end up paying money to the father.

d. Two kidnappers develop a scheme to take money from a small-town family but end up paying money to the father.