Characters
I don't understand. I'm representing the New York Amalgamated Short Snap Biscuit Cracker and Frazzled Wheat Company.
Who is Jimmy Valentine?
assiduously stitching uppers (making shoes)
What was Jimmy doing in prison?
What we can infer about Jimmy when it says, "When a man with as many friends on the outside as Jimmy Valentine had is received in the “stir” it is hardly worth while to cut his hair."
What is Jimmy always gets out of jail quickly?
Two ways that Jimmy and Ben are similar, two ways they're different, and the HOTS you are using to answer the question.
What are... (all acceptable possibilities)... and what is Comparing and Contrasting?
The name of the author of the story.
Who is O'Henry?
Brace up, and make a man of yourself. You're not a bad fellow at heart.
Who is the warden?
a railway ticket and a five dollar bill
What is what they gave Jimmy when he left prison to rehabilitate himself?
What we can infer when Jimmy says, “I don't understand. I'm representing the New York Amalgamated Short Snap Biscuit Cracker and Frazzled Wheat Company.”
What is that he's going to go back to robbing banks?
The reason Jimmy first came to Elmore, how you know, and two HOTS you used to question the answer.
What is to rob the bank, he came with his tools (after a string of robberies), and what are Inferring and Uncovering Motives?
The reason O'Henry changed his names from William Sydney Porter.
What was so people wouldn't know he was in prison?
What'd you come to Elmore for? Is that a gold watch-chain? I'm going to get a bulldog. Got any more dimes?
Who is the boy outside the bank?
What Jimmy kept hidden in the folding bed in the wall of his apartment.
What is his burglary tool kit?
What we can understand about Ben Price from the statement -- It was given out that Ben Price had taken up the trail of the elusive cracksman, and other people with burglar-proof safes felt more at ease.
What is that he was an excellent detective?
How you can explain that Jimmy thought ten months was a long time to be in prison, but Ben wanted to put him there for much longer, and the HOTS you need to answer the question.
What is (any acceptable answer) and what is distinguishing different perspectives?
The reason O'Henry was in prison.
What is embezzling money from the bank where he worked?
“Guess you're mistaken, Mr. Spencer,” he said. “Don't believe I recognize you. Your buggy's waiting for you, ain't it?”
Who is Ben Price?
Long jumps, quick get-aways, no confederates, and a taste for good society
What were Jimmy's habits that helped Ben Price find his trail?
“The phoenix that rose from Jimmy Valentine’s ashes” is a metaphor. In the metaphor, the things that are represented by the phoenix, the flame and the ashes.
What are Ralph Spencer, Annabel Adams and Jimmy's burglary?
The reason Jimmy asks, “Isn't that young lady Miss Polly Simpson?” and the HOTS you used to answer the question (besides inferring).
What is to find out who she is without letting the boy know he wants to know about Annabel, and what is Uncovering Motives?
How O'Henry avoided prison at first.
What is he escaped to Honduras?
“The door can't be opened,” he groaned. “The clock hasn't been wound nor the combination set.”
Who was the banker? (or Annabel's dad)
What is Ralph Spencer?
If Jimmy truly thought that robbing banks was wrong, he probably wouldn't have done this thing.
What is offering his special tools to his friend?
What it seems likely will happen next after the story, and the HOTS you must use to answer the question (besides inferring).
What is (any acceptable answer) and what is Predicting?
The reason O'Henry was caught and sent to jail.
What is he came back to the US to be with his sick wife?