"A Retrieved Reformation" - O. Henry

What advice did the warden give Jimmy Valentine in the beginning of the story?

• Get married and settle down.

• Go back to school for an education.

• Stop cracking safes and live straight.

• Look up his family and apologize.

Where did Jimmy go first after he was released?

• a train depot

• a restaurant

• Mike Dolan's establishment

• his old bedroom

When Mike Dolan said, "Sorry we couldn't make it sooner, Jimmy, my boy," he meant he was

• apologizing for not coming to visit Jimmy while he was in prison

• apologizing for not having Jimmy's bedroom ready for him

• feeling bad that he had not written any letters to Jimmy

• admitting it had taken longer than expected to get Jimmy released

What changed Jimmy Valentine into Ralph Spencer?

• he looked into the eyes of Annabel Adams

• he opened his own shoe buisness

• he was introduced to Miss Polly Simpson

• he registered at the Planters' Hotel

What was in Jimmy's heavy suitcase?

• nickel plated shoe horns

• samples of Jimmy's shoes

• gold and silver coins

• Jimmy's safe cracking tools

Why does Annabel turn to Jimmy for help in opening the safe?

• she knows about his background in bank robbery

• she suspects that he knows a lot about bank safes

• she loves him and thinks he can do almost anything

• she does not know whom else to turn to for assistance

According to the author, Ralph Spencer switched back to be Jimmy Valentine when he...

• opened up his special suitcase.

• unlocked the bank's safe door.

• rescued frightened little Agatha.

• threw off his coat and pulled up his shirt sleeves.

What did Jimmy mean when he said, "Well, let's go. I don't know that it makes much difference, now?"

• Go ahead arrest me and take me back to jail.

• Let's go home and forget this ever happened.

• Perhaps I should keep my tools after all.

• Come on, Annabel, we have a buggy to catch.

Ben Price walked away from Jimmy at the end of the story because he...

• was getting the police.

• was not sure if it really was Jimmy.

• knew that Jimmy was a changed man.

• suspected that he did not have enough evidence.

What is Jimmy doing when we are first introduced to him in the story?

• Working intently on shoes in the prison shoe shop.

• Working carelessly on shoes in the prison shoe shop.

• Leaving prison with a Governor's pardon.

• Speaking with the warden about his crimes.