O. Henry
Characters
Details
Fiction
Vocabulary
100
O. Henry
Who is William Sidney Porter
100
Jimmy Valentine
Who is pardoned by the governor?
100
safecracker
What is Jimmy Valentines job?
100
Climax
What is the part of the story where everything happens?
100
alibi
What is a believable reason why a suspect could not have been at the scene of a crime?
200
North Carolina
What state was O. Henry born in?
200
Ben Price
Who is the detective trying to arrest Jimmy?
200
safecracking tools
What is Jimmy's most important possesson?
200
irony
What is an ending that is different from what is expected?
200
retribution
What is punishment for wrong-doing?
300
Embezzlement
What was O.Henry imprisoned for?
300
Annabel Adams
Who is Jimmy's fiance?
300
Elmore
What town does Jimmy Valentine move to?
300
conflict
What is the problem in the story?
300
Unobtrusively
What is without calling attention to oneself?
400
cirrhosis
What did O. Henry die from?
400
Ralph D. Spencer
Who is Jimmy Valentine?
400
Shoe Store
What is store that Ralph Spencer opens?
400
Exposition
What is the beginning of the story?
400
anguish
What is strong distress?
500
Mark Twain
Who is Samuel Langhorne Clemens?
500
Agatha
Who gets locked in the bank vault?
500
chicken dinner
What is the first thing Jimmy eats when he gets out of prison?
500
fiction
What is a story that is made up of imaginary characters, places, and conflicts? (fake)
500
pseudonym
What is a fictitious name used by an author?
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