Read the passage. paraphrased from “the notorious jumping frog of calaveras county” a friend of the narrator’s asks him to call on talkative old simon wheeler. the friend says he wants news of his friend reverend leonidas w. smiley. instead, wheeler tells the narrator a long drawn-out story about jim smiley. as he tells the story, wheeler never smiles, and he never frowns. what is the bolded sentence an example of? an incongruity a hyperbole a funny name a human foible

If the bold sentence is in fact As he tells the story he never smiles, and he never frowns",then it is most likely the human foible due to it being an interesting characteristic. We can also determine this answer through process of elimination if we know the meaning of hyperbole, and "funny name". 

Hyperbole is an exaggeration and is not normally meant to be serious, and in the case of your summary, I believe this line is meant to be taken serious. This doesn't seem to be a funny name reference, so your only option is human foible.

The third answer is correct.