Using Good and Well

Complete each sentence by choosing the correct word in parentheses.

For help with this exercise, see “Good, Well, Bad, and Badly.”

  1. Mark Twain’s ability to tell an amusing story is (good / well) known.

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    Using Good and Well - Question 1
  2. Twain’s famous story “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” is a (good / well) example of traditional American tale-telling.

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    Using Good and Well - Question 2
  3. The story is narrated by an Easterner whose proper speech contrasts (good / well) with the country dialect of Simon Wheeler, a storyteller he meets.

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    Using Good and Well - Question 3
  4. Wheeler may not be (good / well) educated, but he is a master of the tall tale.

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    Using Good and Well - Question 4
  5. The narrator claims that Wheeler has told him a “monotonous” story, but the tale is apparently (good / well) enough for the narrator to repeat.

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    Using Good and Well - Question 5
  6. The frog in the story is famous for being a (good / well) jumper.

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    Using Good and Well - Question 6
  7. Wheeler explains that the frog’s owner lives (good / well) by gambling on the frog’s jumping ability.

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    Using Good and Well - Question 7
  8. The frog’s owner, Jim Smiley, makes the mistake of leaving the frog with a man whom Smiley does not know (good / well).

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    Using Good and Well - Question 8
  9. The stranger makes the frog swallow heavy shot so that he can no longer jump (good / well).

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    Using Good and Well - Question 9
  10. In Twain’s story, Simon Wheeler has such a (good / well) time telling stories that the narrator has to escape from him at the end.

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    Using Good and Well - Question 10
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