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Definitions
productions & Forshadowing
Characterization
Idioms & inference
100
At the same time
Simultaneously
100

Clues that foreshadow-

A) confirm the reader's predictions

B) create a feeling of dread

C) hint at what will happen

D) give away the ending  

C) hint at what will happen
100
Bob's opinion of Jimmy Wells is that he is a-
True friend
200
Done or fixed by habit
Habitual
200

Which of the following statements is the best example of foreshadowing in the story?

A) "silky" Bob had a diamond scarf pin and a watch set with diamonds.

B) The patrolman says "Big Joe" Brady's was torn down five years before.

C) "Silky" Bob brags about his success in the west.

D) The patrolman asks Bob if he'll leave if his friend doesn't arrive right at 10.

D) The patrolman ask Bob if he'll leave if his friend doesn't arrive right at 10.
200
Jimmy Wells is a-
police officer in uniform
200
Ill explain if you'd like to make certain "its all Straight"
Nothing suspicious or illegal is going on
300
Miserably; Gloomily
Dismally
300

When Bob tells Jimmy that he's "changed lots," we might predict that-

A) Bob has been lying about what he did in that door way

B) the man he is talking to isn't talking to Jimmy Wells

C) Bob exaggerated when he said they were "just like two brothers"

C) Bob exaggerated when he said they were "just like two brothers"
300
Who is telling this story?
An unnamed narrator
300
Why wont Jimmy arrest "silky" Bob?
jimmy can't bring himself to arrest his old friend
400
Conceit; Talking about one self too much
Egotism
400

Which of these sentences from the story is in the narrators voice?

A) The policemen on the beat moved up the avenue impressively.

B) I was certain I'd find you here if you were still in existence

C) I've had to compete with some of the sharpest wits going to get my pile

D) we'll go around to a place I know of and have a good long talk about old times   

A) The policeman on the beat moved up the avenue impressively
400
A man "gets in a groove" in new York
Gets comfortable with the way things are
500
Complicated; Full of detail
Intricate
500
How can you predict that jimmy will do the right thing?
Jimmy questions Bob for a long time
500

You can tell this story is told from the omniscient point of view because-

A) the narrator knows everything about all the characters

B) the reader sees events through Jimmy's eyes only

C) the reader sees events through Bob's eyes only

 

A) the narrator knows everything about all the characters