After You Read “A Retrieved Reformation” by O. Henry – ANSWERS Answer the following questions. Remember if you have difficulty answering the questions, you should reread the story.

1. Why is Jimmy in prison?

2. How does Jimmy respond to the warden when he tells him to “live straight”?

3. What does the clerk hand Jimmy as he leaves prison?

4. What is in the suit-case that Jimmy removed from behind the wall panel in his room?

5. What habits and trademarks of Jimmy, lead Ben Price to believe that Jimmy is cracking safes again?

6. What happens to Jimmy in front of the Elmore Bank?

7. What reason did Jimmy give the clerk at the Planters’ Hotel for coming to Elmore?

8. What name does Jimmy register under at the Planters’ Hotel?

9. Why does Jimmy decide to open the safe at the Elmore Bank?

10. How does Ben Price react to Jimmy at the end of the story?