CHARACTERS
PARTS OF THE PLOT
READING COMP 1
READING COMP 2
VOCABULARY
100
This has a reformation during the story
Who is Jimmy Valentine?
100
This is the protagonist of the story.
Who is Jimmy Valentine?
100
Elmore, Arkansas
What is the setting of the story?
100
In the beginning of the story, this is an indication that Jimmy will continue to "crack safes" while out of jail.
What is he picks up his suitcase full of tools?
100
The shipwrecked passengers were concerned by the ____________ supply of food left on the broken ship.
What is scant?
200
This character is the love of Ralph D. Spencer.
Who is Anabel Adams?
200
This is the antagonist of the story.
Who is Detective Ben Price?
200
This is Anabel's father's occupation.
What is he owns the Elmore Bank?
200
This is the business that Ralph D. Spencer opens while in Arkansas.
What is a shoe store?
200
The criminal was able to prove his __________ and he was not sentenced.
What is alibi?
300
This character lets Jimmy Valentine (Ralph D. Spencer) go at the end of the story.
Who is Detective Ben Price?
300
This is the exposition of the story.
What is Jimmy Valentine getting out of jail and the audience learning of his past with cracking safes?
300
This is the surprise ending to "A Retrieved Reformation?"
What is when Ben Price pretends not to know Jimmy Valentine?
300
Anabel's sister ____________ when Agatha was locked in the safe. (vocabulary)
What is shrieked?
300
Jimmy Valentine received _____________ because he had many friends on the outside.
What is clemency?
400
This character is Jimmy Valentine's good friend.
Who is Mike Dolan?
400
This is the Rising Action of the plot.
What is Jimmy Valentine going back to his apartment and picking up his suitcase full of tools?
400
This phrase from the story is an example of what- "...jerked out as easy as pulling up a radish in wet weather."
What is a simile?
400
This event changes Jimmy Valentine into Ralph D. Spencer.
What is meeting and falling in love with Anabel Adams?
400
The seventh grade students were studying _____________ for this upcoming test.
What is assiduously?
500
This character gets locked in a safe.
Who is Agatha?
500
This is the climax of the story.
What is when May locks Agatha in the safe?
500
This is an example of personification within the story.
What is "Jimmy's pet drill was biting smoothly into the steel door?"
500
Ralph D. Spencer is a ________________ for Jimmy Valentine.
What is a pseudonym?
500
Santa Claus ________________ went down the chimney without being heard.
What is unobtrusively?
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