Plot
Characters
Vocabulary
Live and Learn
Chance
100
Jimmy commits these crimes almost as soon as he is released from prison.
What is robbing banks/ safe-cracking?
100
The eminent detective that hunts Jimmy Valentine.
Who is Ben Price?
100
In a pleasant, friendly manner.
What is genially?
100
A lesson or moral about life that an author wants us to remember and apply in our own lives.
What is theme?
100
Jimmy and the reader know this, but Annabel and Mr. Adams do not.
What is the fact that Jimmy is a career safe-cracker/ criminal?
200
Agatha is locked in the bank vault by this sister.
Who is May?
200
Jimmy instantly becomes a different man when he sees this woman.
Who is Annabel Adams?
200
Something that is required.
What is compulsory?
200
Theme is the moral or lesson of the story. __________ is what the story is about.
What is main idea?
200
The reason why Ben Price lets Jimmy go free at the end of the story.
What is seeing that he has changed for the better, become a good man, etc?
300
Jimmy asks Annabel to give him this right before he cracks the safe to save Agatha.
What is her rose?
300
The man that Jimmy goes to see as soon as he gets out of prison.
Who is Mike Dolan?
300
The definition of sauntered.
What is to stroll casually?
300
The most important step in identifying a story's theme is to consider the character's major ___________.
What is conflict?
300
3 things that Jimmy Valentine accomplished while being in Elmore.
What is opening a shoe shop, getting engaged to Annabel, quitting the robbery business, and/or winning the respect of the Adams' family and the community?
400
This is the explanation Jimmy gives Annabel for his suitcase being so heavy.
What is "It's full of nickel-plated shoehorns"?
400
The name of the man that was going to drive Jimmy over to the railroad station in a horse and buggy. (This was the morning that Agatha got locked in the safe, and Jimmy had planned on traveling to Little Rock)
Who is Dolph Gibson?
400
The definition of unperceived.
What is unnoticed?
400
Always tell the ___________ is an example of a universal theme.
What is truth?
400
A major theme of "A Retrieved Reformation".
What is second chances?
500
Fill in the blank: "There isn't a man nearer than _____________ that can open that door! My God! Spencer, what shall we do?"
What is Little Rock?
500
Jimmy's friend that he wrote the letter to.
Who is Billy?
500
Work in the prison shoe factory had not been compulsory. Define compulsory.
What is something that is required?
500
It can apply to any story, person, or culture.
What is universal theme?
500
The literal definition of a "four-in-hand".
What is a necktie?
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