Important Short Questions and Answers of Jimmy Valentine /William Sidney Porter /O Henry/ Class XI /WBCHSE

Jimmy Valentine
—O. Henry

  1. Name the writer of short story “ Jimmy Valentine.”
    Ans: The writer of “Jimmy Valentine” is O. Henry. (William Sidney Poter)
  2. Who is the main character in the short story Jimmy Valentine?
    Ans: Jimmy Valentine is the main character in the short story Jimmy Valentine.
  3. What is the original title of the story ‘Jimmy Valentine’?
    Ans: – The original name of O. Henry’s short story ‘Jimmy Valentine’ is ‘A Retrieved Reformation’.
  4. Who are ‘compulsory guests’ in the story Jimmy Valentine?
    Ans: The Prisoners are ‘compulsory guests’ in the story Jimmy Valentine.
  5. “He’s resumed his business.” – Who has resumed business?
    Ans: Jimmy Valentine has resumed his business.
  6. How much did Jimmy give to the blind man?
    Ans: Jimmy gave a quarter to the blind man.
  7. Who was the owner of The Elmore Bank?
    Ans: Mr. Adams was the owner of the Elmore Bank.
  8. For how many years was Jimmy sentenced to improvement?
    Ans: Jimmy was sentenced to imprisonment for four years.
  9. Who approved Jimmy’s pardon?
    Ans:The Governor approved Jimmy’s pardon.
  10. What did Jimmy say about safe breaking ?
    Ans: Jimmy said that he never broke a safe in his life.
  11. What was Jimmy Valentine?
    Ans: Jimmy Valentine was a safe burglar.
  12. Whom did Jimmy first meet after his release?
    Ans: After his release Jimmy first met Mike Dolan in his cafe.
  13. What did the government grant for prisoner”s rehabilitation?
    Ans: The government granted a railway ticket and a 5 dollar bill for a prisoner’s rehabilitation.
  14. Who handed Jimmy the letter of pardon?
    Ans: The warden of the jail handed Jimmy the letter of pardon.
  15. What did the warden say to Jimmy about safe breaking?
    Ans: The worden asked Jimmy not to break safe again and lead a straight life. He also commented that he was a good man at heart.
  16. Why did the guard come to the prison shop?
    Ans: The guard came to the prison shop to escort Jimmy to the front office.
  17. Why was Jimmy Valentine in the prison?
    Ans: Jimmy Valentine was sent in the prison because he was accused of burgling the bank at Springfield.
  18. How did Jimmy take the letter of pardon?
    Ans: Jimmy took the letter of pardon in a tired manner.
  19. Why has Ben Price’s collar button been torn?
    Ans: During overpowering Jimmy for his arrest there occurred a fight between him and Ben Price. As a result Ben Price’s collar button tore and fell at that very time.
  20. How much did the kit of tools cost Jimmy?
    Ans: The kit of tools cost Jimmy over nine hundred dollars.
  21. In which hotel did Jimmy put up?
    Ans: Jimmy put up in Planters’ Hotel at Elmore.
  22. What happened in Jefferson City?
    Ans: A Bank safe-breaking happened in Jefferson city.
  23. “The losses were now high enough to bring the matter up into Ben Price’s class of work.” – What losses are referred to here?
    Ans: Five thousand dollars were stolen.
  24. Where was Elmore?
    Ans: Elmore was a little town in Arkansas.
  25. What did Jimmy’s suit-case contain?
    Ans: – Jimmy’s suitcase contained his own made tools of burglary such as – drills, clamps, punches, brace, etc.
  26. Where did Jimmy keep his suitcase?
    Ans: – Jimmy kept his suitcase inside a panel in the wall
  27.  What did the clerk at the prison give Jimmy?
    Ans: – The clerk at the prison gave Jimmy Valentine a railroad ticket and five dollars.
  28.  Where and when did Jimmy want to meet his friend Pal?
    Ans: – Jimmy wanted to meet his friend Pal at Sullivan’s place in Little Rock, next Wednesday night at nine o’clock.
  29. When did Jimmy get release?
    Ans: Jimmy got release at 7:15 in the morning.
  30. Who is Cronin in the short story ‘Jimmy Valentine’?
    Ans: – Cronin is a guard of the prison in O. Henry’s short story ‘Jimmy Valentine’.

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