Alias Jimmy Valentine Question Answer (2 Mark)। O. Henry। Class 11 2nd Semester । WBCHSE
Alias Jimmy Valentine Question Answer (2 Mark)
Alias Jimmy Valentine – O. Henry
2 Mark Question Answer
1 . Why was Jimmy Valentine imprisoned ? (জিমি কেন জেলে গিয়েছিল ?)
Answer – Jimmy Valentine was imprisoned for cracking a safe at Springfield. He was a notorious safe cracker and an expert in this mechanism. Of course he had to undergo some terms of imprisonment for his act of burglary.
2 . What advice did the warden give ? (ওয়ার্ডেন কি উপদেশ দিয়েছিল ?)
Answer – The Warden advised Jimmy to stop cracking safes and live straight. In reply Jimmy told the Warden that he had never cracked a safe in his life. Hearing this the warden laughed because he knew Jimmy was telling a lie.
3 . What did the warden order Cronin, the guard to do ? (ক্রোনিন নামক গার্ডকে ওয়ার্ডেন কি করতে বলেছিল ?)
Answer – The warden ordered the guard Cronin to give Jimmy his clothes and bring him at half past seven in the morning to his office.
4 . What happened within two weeks after the release of Valentine ? (ভ্যালেন্টাইন মুক্ত হবার দুই সপ্তাহ পরে কি ঘটেছিল ?)
Answer – After Jimmy came out of the jail, there were three consecutive burglaries in Richmond, Logansport and Jefferson city. At Logansport a patented burglar proof safe was opened like a cheese to the tune of fifteen hundred dollars, currency, securities, and silver untouched.
5 . What did Jimmy enjoy in the restaurant ?* (জিমি রেস্তোরাতে কি উপভোগ করেছিল ?)
Answer – Jimmy celebrated the first sweet joy of liberty with a broiled chicken and a bottle of white wine. This food items show Jimmy’s good taste of upper class society and their culture.
6 . Who was Mike Dolan ?* (মাইক ডোেলান কে ছিলেন ?)
Answer – Mike Dolan was the owner of a café and one of Jimmy’s old acquintance. First of all Jimmy met with Mike Dolan because he had put his suitcase in the hollow of the wall in a rear room upstairs in Mike Dolan’s place.
7 . What was the cost of Jimmy’s kit ? (জিমির বাক্সের দাম কত ছিল ?)
Answer – Jimmy’s kit costed him more than nine hundred dollars to customize it. His professional success was largely related with this expensive tools.
8 . What did Jimmy’s suitcase contain ? (জিমির বাক্সে কি ছিল ?)
Answer – Jimmy’s suitcase contained drills of latest designs, punches, brushes and bits, Jimmies, clamps and augers etc.
9 . Who is the investigator in the story ‘Alias Jimmy Valentine’ ? (‘এলিয়াস জিমি ভ্যালেনটাইন’ গল্পে তদন্তকারী কে ছিলেন ?)
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Who was Ben Price ? ( বেন প্রাইস কে ছিলেন ? )
Answer – Detective Ben Price was the investigator in the story ‘Alias Jimmy Valentine’. After conducting investigation at all the three places of safe- burglary, Ben Price found the proof of Jimmy Valentine’s involvements in all these cases.
10 . What were Jimmy’s habits as observed by Ben Price ? (বেন প্রাইসের পর্যবেক্ষণে জিমির কোন স্বভাবটি ধরা পড়েছিল ?)
Answer – Ben Price pointed out to the combination knob which was as easily pulled out as one pulls up raddish in wet weather and only Jimmy had that sort of clamps to do like that.
11 . Who was the owner of the Elmore Bank ? (এলমোর ব্যাংকের মালিক কে ছিলেন ?)
Answer – Mr. Adams was the owner of the Elmore Bank. He was very proud of the new safe and vault installed in his bank.
12 . Where did Jimmy Valentine register his name as Ralph D. Spencer ? (র্যাল্ফ ডি. স্পেনসার হিসেবে জিমি ভ্যালেন্টাইন নিজের নাম কোথায় নথিভূক্ত করেছিল ?)
Answer – Jimmy registered his name as Ralph D. Spencer at the Planters’ Hotel. With this alias, Jimmy wanted to conceal his identity and look over the situation.
13 . What did Jimmy declare to the clerk of the hotel ? (জিমি হোটেলের করণিকের কাছে কি জানিয়েছিল ?)
Answer – Jimmy declared to the Hotel clerk that he had come to Elmore to look for a location to go into shoe business.
14 . What business did Jimmy start ? (জিমি কি ব্যবসা শুরু করেছিল ?)
Answer – Jimmy started a shoe business because he learnt from the clerk that there was a good prospect for shoe business at Elmore.
15 . Where did Jimmy Valentine start his shoe business ? (জিমি ভ্যালেন্টাইন কোথায় তার জুতোর ব্যবসা শুরু করেছিল ?)
Answer – Jimmy Valentine started his shoe business at Elmore because there was no exclusive shoe store there.
16 . What was the name of Jimmy’s old pal ? (জিমির পুরনো বন্ধুর নাম কি ছিল ?)
Answer – The name of Jimmy’s old pal was Billy. Jimmy wrote a letter to him about his transformation at Elmore after loving Annabel and also expressed his desire to gift him his took kit.
17 . Why did Jimmy want to go to Little Rock ?* (লিটল রকে জিমি কেন যেতে চেয়েছিল ?)
Answer – Jimmy wanted to go to Little Rock at Sullivan’s place to deliver the tool kit to Billy, his old pal.
18 . Why did Jimmy want to hand over his box of tools ? (জিমি তার যন্ত্রপাতির বাক্স কেন দিতে চেয়েছিল ?)
Answer – Jimmy wanted to hand over his box of tools as it was of no use to him anymore because he was making an honest living and was about to marry the finest girl, Annabel.
19 . “She’s an angel.”-Who is referred to here as ‘she’ ? (“সে একজন পরী।“- ‘সে’ বলতে এখানে কাকে বোঝানো হয়েছে ?)
Answer – ‘She’ is Annabel Adams, Jimmy’s lady love. Jimmy called her an angel because like an angel she had changed Jimmy’s life with the touch of love and he wanted to start his life as a new man.
20 . Whom did Jimmy plan to give his burglary tools to ? (জিমি তার চুরি করবার জিনিসপত্র কাকে দেওয়ার পরিকল্পনা নিয়েছিল ?)
Answer – Jimmy had planned to give his burglary tools to Billy, his old friend.
21 . How many children did Annabel’s sister have ? (অ্যানাবেলের বোনের কতগুলি সন্তান ছিল ?)
Answer – Anabel’s sister had two little girls aged five and nine namely Agatha and May.
22 . How old was Agatha who got trapped inside the vault ?* (সিন্দুকের মধ্যে আটকে পড়া আগাথার বয়স কত ছিল ?)
Answer – Agatha, the younger daughter of Annabel’s sister was only five years old. May, the older daughter of Annabel’s sister had shut Agatha in the new vault during their play.
23 . What was the name of Jimmy’s buggy driver ?* (জিমির বগি চালকের নাম কি ছিল ?)
Answer – Dolf Gibson was the buggy driver for Jimmy. He would drive Jimmy in his buggy from the Elmore Bank to the railroad station.
24 . Why were the clerks of the bank pleased to meet Jimmy ? (ব্যাংকের করণিকেরা জিমির সাথে আলাপ করে কেন খুশি হয়েছিল ?)
Answer – The clerks of the bank were pleased to meet such a good looking, agreeable young man like Jimmy. Moreover being the banker’s to be son-in-law Jimmy attracted everybody’s attention.
25 . Why were May and Agatha delighted ? (মে এবং আগাথা কেন খুশি হয়েছিল ?)
Answer – May and Agatha were delighted by the shining metal and funny clock with nobs on the safe. Later May had shut Agatha inside the vault while playing.
26 . How was Agatha trapped in the vault ? (আগাথা কেমনভাবে সিন্দুকে আটকে পড়েছিল ? )
Answer – Agatha was playfully trapped inside the vault by her elder sister May, who then had shot the bolts and turned the nob of the combination as she had seen Mr. Adams do.
27 . At the door a big man stood’- Who was the ‘big-man’ ? (‘দরজায় এক বিশালবপু মানুষ দাড়িয়ে ছিল’- কে ছিল এই ‘বিশালবপু মানুষ’ ?)
Answer – The ‘big man’ mentioned here was Ben Price, the detective. Here the word ‘big’ is very significant because after watching Jimmy in the bank he could not arrest him with ‘a big heart’ indeed.
28 . ‘And then Ben Price acted rather strangely.’-Why is Ben Price’s action described as strange ? (‘এবং তখন বেন প্রাইস বরং অদ্ভুত আচরণ করেছিল।‘- বেন প্রাইসের আচরণকে কেন অদ্ভুত বলা হয়েছে ?)
Answer – Ben Price refused to acknowledge Jimmy Valentine. It was really strange of him not to identify his victim at hand.
29 . What is the real name of Mr. Spencer ? (মিঃ স্পেনসারের আসল নাম কি ছিল ?)
Answer – The real name of Mr. Spencer was Jimmy Valentine. Mr. Ralph Spencer was the phoenix rising from the ashes of Jimmy burning in Annabel’s love.
অতিরিক্ত গুরুত্বপূর্ণ প্রশ্ন উত্তর
(১) Why was Jimmy Valentine put into jail ? [জিমি ভ্যালেনটাইনের জেল হয়েছিল কেন ?]
Answer – Jimmy Valentine was put into jail because he was found guilty of cracking the safe of a bank at Springfield.
(২) Where did Jimmy Valentine work during the ten months of his imprisonment ? What work did Jimmy perform there ? [তার দশ মাস কারাবাসের কালে জিমি ভ্যালেনটাইন কোথায় কাজ করত ? সেখানে জিমি কী কাজ করত ?]
Answer – Jimmy Valentine worked at the prison shoe-shop during the ten months of his imprisonment.
Jimmy used to stitch shoe-uppers in the prison shoe- shop.
(৩) How long was Jimmy Valentine there in prison ? What was his original term of imprisonment ? [জিমি ভ্যালেনটাইন কতদিন কারাগারে ছিল ? আসলে তার জেলমেয়াদ কতদিন ছিল ?]
Answer – Jimmy Valentine was there in prison for nearly ten months.
Originally, he was sentenced to imprisonment for four years.
(৪) What was Jimmy doing when a guard came to the prison shoe-shop ? [যখন একজন কারারক্ষী কারাগারের জুতোর কারখানায় এসেছিল জিমি তখন সেখানে কী করছিল ?]
Answer – When a guard came to the prison shoe-shop, Jimmy was carefully and tirelessly stitching uppers of shoes.
(৫) How many months had Jimmy expected to stay in the prison at the longest ? [বড়োজোর কতদিন তাকে জেলে থাকতে হবে বলে জিমি ভেবেছিল ?]
Answer – Jimmy had expected to be in the prison only for about three months at the longest.
(৬) What did the warden advise Jimmy ? [কারাধ্যক্ষ জিমিকে কী পরামর্শ দিয়েছিলেন ?]
Answer – The warden advised Jimmy not to break safes anymore and to lead a straight life.
(৭) “Brace up, and make a man of yourself.” -Who said to whom ? [কে, কাকে এ কথা বলেছিল ?]
Answer – The prison warden said this to Jimmy Valentine.
(৮) Who had pardoned Jimmy Valentine? Who handed him the letter of pardon ? [জিমি ভ্যালেনটাইনকে কে ক্ষমা করে দিয়েছিলেন ? কে তার হাতে মার্জনাপত্রটি তুলে দিয়েছিলেন ?]
Answer – The Governor had pardoned Jimmy Valentine.
The warden handed Jimmy the letter of pardon.
(৯) What was the name of the guard in the prison ? Why did a guard come to the prison shoe-shop ? [জেলখানার রক্ষীর নাম কী ছিল ? একজন কারারক্ষী কেন কারাগারের জুতোর দোকানে এলেন ?]
Answer – Cronin was the name of the guard in the prison.
A guard came to the prison shoe-shop to escort Jimmy Valentine to the front office of the prison’s warden.
(১০) What did the clerk at the prison give Jimmy Valentine ? Why ? [জেলখানার কেরানিটি জিমি ভ্যালেনটাইনকে কী দিয়েছিল ? কেন ?]
Answer – The clerk at the prison gave Jimmy a railroad ticket for travelling and a five-dollar bill for his rehabilitation.
The clerk gave them to Jimmy because the law expected him to rehabilitate himself into good citizenship and prosperity.
(১১) What was the number of Jimmy Valentine during his stay in prison ? Who is the investigator in the story ‘Alias Jimmy Valentine’ ? [জেলে থাকাকালীন জিমি কত নম্বর কয়েদি ছিল ? ‘Alias Jimmy Valentine’ গল্পে তদন্তকারীটি কে ?]
Answer – During his stay in prison, the number of Jimmy Valentine was 9762.
In ‘Alias Jimmy Valentine’, Ben Price is the investigator.
(১২) What did Jimmy Valentine do first after coming out of the jail ? [জেল থেকে বেরিয়ে জিমি ভ্যালেনটাইন প্রথম কোন কাজটি করল ?]
Answer – After coming out of the jail, Jimmy Valentine first headed to a restaurant where he enjoyed a broiled chicken and a bottle of white wine and smoked a cigar of good quality.
(১৩) How long did it take Jimmy to reach the small town where he used to live ? How much did he give to a blind man before boarding his train ? [যে ছোটো শহরটিতে জিমি আগে থাকত সেখানে পৌঁছোতে তার কতক্ষণ লাগল ? ট্রেনে চাপার আগে সে একটি অন্ধ লোককে কত দিল ?]
Answer – It took Jimmy three hours to reach the small town where he used to live.
Before boarding his train, Jimmy tossed a quarter of a dollar (i.e. 25 cents) into the hat of a blind man sitting by the door.
(১৪) Whom did Jimmy Valentine meet first after his release from jail ? [জেল থেকে ছাড়া পাওয়ার পর জিমি কার সঙ্গে প্রথম দেখা করেছিল ?]
Answer – After his release from jail, Jimmy Valentine first met one Mike Dolan in his café.
(১৫) Where had Jimmy put his suitcase ? [জিমি তার সুটকেসটা কোথায় রেখেছিল ?]
Answer – Jimmy had put his suitcase in the hollow of the wall in a rear room upstairs in Mike Dolan’s place.
(১৬) What did Jimmy’s suitcase contain ? [জিমির সুটকেসে কী ছিল ?]
Answer – Jimmy’s suitcase contained a complete set of burgling tools, the latest designs in drills, punches, braces and bits, jimmies, clamps, and augers with two or three novelties invented by Jimmy himself.
(১৭) How much did it cost Jimmy to procure the burglar’s tools ? [ সিন্দুক ভাঙার যন্ত্রপাতি জোগাড় করতে জিমির খরচাপাতি কেমন হয়েছিল ?]
Or, How much did the tools of Jimmy cost? [ জিমির যন্ত্রপাতিগুলির দাম কত ছিল ?]
Answer – It cost Jimmy over nine hundred dollars to procure the tools of burglary.
(১৮) What did Jimmy enjoy in the restaurant ? [রেস্তোরাঁতে জিমি কী উপভোগ করেছিল ?]
Answer – In the restaurant, Jimmy enjoyed a broiled chicken and a bottle of white wine.
(১৯) What happened a week after the release of Jimmy ? At which places were safes cracked after the release of Jimmy ? [জিমির মুক্তিলাভের এক সপ্তাহ পরে কী ঘটেছিল? জিমির মুক্তিলাভের পর কোথায় কোথায় সিন্দুক ভাঙা হয়েছিল ?]
Answer – A neat job of cracking the safe of a bank took place at Richmond, Indiana.
After the Richmond safe-cracking, a burglar-proof safe at Logansport and an old-fashioned bank-safe in Jefferson City were cracked.
(২০) “That’s Dandy Jim Valentine’s autograph.”-Who makes the comment ? What does the word ‘autograph’ mean ? [কে এই মন্তব্য করে ? ‘স্বাক্ষর’ শব্দের অর্থ কী ?]
Answer – Ben Price, the detective, makes this comment.
Here, the word ‘autograph’ means a special feature or signature style.
(২১) “He’s resumed business.”-Who makes this remark about whom ? What is the business referred to here? [এই মন্তব্য কে কার ব্যাপারে করে ? এখানে কোন্ কারবারের কথা বলা হয়েছে ?]
Answer – Ben Price, the detective, makes this remark about Jimmy Valentine.
The business of cracking safes is referred to here.
(২২) Who knew Jimmy’s habits ? When had he learned them ? [কে জিমির অভ্যাস জানত ? কখন তিনি সেগুলি জেনেছিলেন ?]
Answer – Detective Ben Price knew Jimmy’s habits.
He had learned them while working on the Springfield case.
(২৩) “Ben Price had taken up the trail of the elusive cracksman…”-Who was the elusive cracksman ? Why had Ben Price taken up his trail ? [সিন্দুক ভাঙার অধরা ওস্তাদটি কে ? বেন প্রাইস কেন তাকে পাকড়াও করার দায়িত্ব নিয়েছিলেন ?]
Answer – The elusive cracksman was Jimmy Valentine.
Ben Price had taken up his trail because he had found Jimmy’s autograph in all the recent cases of cracking safes.
(২৪) Where did Jimmy Valentine go after committing three safe burglaries ? In which hotel did Jimmy engage a room ? [তিনটি সিন্দুক ভেঙে চুরি করার পর জিমি ভ্যালেনটাইন কোথায় গেল ? জিমি কোন্ হোটেলে ঘর নিয়েছিল ?]
Answer – After committing three safe burglaries, Jimmy Valentine went to Elmore, a little town in Arkansas.
Jimmy engaged a room in the Planters’ Hotel.
(২৫) Where did Jimmy first meet Miss Annabel Adams ? How did the young lady react when her eyes met with those of Jimmy’s ? [জিমি মিস অ্যানাবেল অ্যাডামস্কে প্রথম কোথায় দেখেছিল ? জিমির সঙ্গে যখন যুবতিটির চোখাচোখি হল মেয়েটির কী প্রতিক্রিয়া হল ?]
Answer – Jimmy met Miss Annabel Adams for the first time on the street leading to the Elmore Bank.
The lady lowered her eyes and coloured slightly.
(২৬) With which name did Jimmy register himself in the Planters’ Hotel ? What did Jimmy tell the clerk at the counter of the hotel ? [জিমি প্ল্যানটারস্’ হোটেলে কী নাম নথিভুক্ত করল ? হোটেলের কাউন্টারে কেরানিটিকে জিমি কী বলল ?]
Answer – In the Planters’ Hotel, Jimmy registered his name as Ralph D. Spencer.
Jimmy told the clerk that he was there to look for a location to go into business and enquired him about the prospect of shoe business at Elmore.
(২৭) What information did Ralph D. Spencer collect from the clerk at the Planters’ Hotel ? [প্ল্যানটারস্’ হোটেলের কেরানিটির কাছ থেকে র্যালফ ডি. স্পেনসার কী তথ্য পেল ?]
Answer – Ralph D. Spencer learnt from the clerk that there was a good prospect for shoe business at Elmore as there was no exclusive shoe-store there.
(২৮) Who was Annabel Adams? Where did she enter? [অ্যানাবেল অ্যাডামস্ কে ছিল ? সে কোথায ঢুকল ?]
Answer – Annabel Adams was the daughter of Mr. Adams, the owner of the bank of Elmore.
She entered a door over which a sign saying ‘The Elmore Bank’ was hung.
(২৯) Why was the clerk impressed by Jimmy ? [কেরানিটি কেন জিমির প্রতি মুগ্ধ হয়েছিল ?]
Answer – The clerk was impressed by the clothes and manners of Jimmy.
(৩০) Whom did Jimmy write a letter to ? How did Jimmy refer to Annabel in his letter ? [জিমি কাকে চিঠি লিখেছিল ? তার চিঠিতে জিমি অ্যানাবেলের কী পরিচয় দিয়েছিল ?]
Answer – Jimmy wrote a letter to Billy, one of his old friends.
In his letter, Jimmy referred to Annabel as an angel and as the finest girl on earth.
(৩১) Where did Jimmy want to meet his friend Billy ? What was the purpose of Jimmy’s proposed meeting ? [জিমি তার বন্ধু বিলির সঙ্গে কোথায় দেখা করতে চেয়েছিল ? জিমির প্রস্তাবিত সাক্ষাৎকারের উদ্দেশ্য কী ছিল ?]
Answer – Jimmy wanted to meet his friend Billy at Sullivan’s place in Little Rock.
Jimmy proposed to present his favourite kit of tools for safe-cracking to his old friend Billy.
(৩২) Who was Ben Price ? Why did he go to Elmore ? [বেন প্রাইস কে ? তিনি কেন এলমোর গিয়েছিলেন ?]
Answer – Ben Price was an investigator .
Ben Price went to Elmore to arrest Jimmy Valentine, who was there with the name of Ralph D. Spencer.
(৩৩) What was Mr. Adams proud of ? [কী নিয়ে মি. অ্যাডামস্ গর্বিত ছিলেন ?]
Answer – Mr. Adams was very proud of the new safe and vault installed in his bank .
(৩৪) “Suddenly there was a scream or two from the women.” – Why did the women scream suddenly ? [হঠাৎ করে মহিলারা আর্তনাদ করলেন কেন ?]
Answer – The women suddenly screamed in fright because May had shut Agatha inside the vault while playing.
(৩৫) What were the names of the two daughters of Annabel’s sister ? [অ্যানাবেলের দিদির দুটি মেয়ের নাম কী ছিল ?]
Answer – The names of the two daughters of Annabel’s sister were May and Agatha.
(৩৬) How old was Agatha and how old was May ? ( আগাথা ও মে-এর বয়স কত ? )
Answer – Agatha was five years old and May was Nine years old .
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