The New Yorkers

by O. Henry

The New Yorkers Book/CD-Rom Pack by (author) O. Henry, Tricia Hedge (Series
Editor), (0 19 422679 4) Oxford Bookworms, Stage 2… (1991)
The New Yorkers O. Henry The Christmas Presents

1. How much money did she have?

2. How often did she go shopping?
3. She bought the most expensive meat and vegetables. True False
4. What was the next day?
5. What did Della do?
6. How many rooms did Della and James have all together?
7. Were they nice rooms?
8. Why was James Dillingham Young lucky?
9. Could Della find a job?
10. What did Della do after she stopped crying?
11. What colour were the cat, the wall and the road?
12. What did she want to buy for her husband?
13. Why?
14. The couple had two special things.
1. ___________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________
15. When Della let her hair down, it looked like a ________ around her.
16. What colour were her coat and hat?
17. She walked along the road and stopped by a door that said ‘Madame Eloise _________’.
18. Madame Eloise was thin. True False
19. Della asked, ‘Will you buy my ________?’
20. How much did Madame Eloise give her?
21. Why was Della happy for the next two hours?
22. What did she buy?
23. How much did it cost?
24. When she arrived home, she looked at her _________ _________ _________ in the glass.
25. Oh, dear, I look like a ___________ ___________!
26. What time was dinner nearly ready?
27. While Della was waiting for Jim, she felt worried. True False
28. How did she feel when he looked at her?
29. Was he angry?
30. Was he surprised?
31. Della said, don’t you _______ me anymore, Jim? I’m still _____.
32. Then he took ______________ from his ______________ and put it on the ____________.
33. How did Della feel as she pulled off the paper?
34. What was Jim’s Christmas present for Della?
35. Where had she first seen them?
36. Della’s eyes were full of __________.
 37. What did Della remember?
38. ‘Isn’t it ___________, Jim? I looked _____________ for it. Now you’ll want to look at your watch a
hundred times a day. Give it to me! Give me your watch, Jim! Let’s see it with its new ___________.’
39. Did Jim do this?
40. Why?

41. “And this was the story of two young people who were ___________ _______ ___ _________.”

The New Yorkers O. Henry Soapy’s Choice

1. What was Soapy looking at?

2. What season was coming?
3. Was he happy?
4. ‘He wanted three ________ in a nice, warm prison, with _________ and good ___________.’
5. How many newspapers did he use to keep out the cold at night?
6. His plan was to eat dinner at an _____________ restaurant and then tell them he had no __________ .
7. Was this plan usually successful?
8. Were Soapy’s coat and shirt very old?
9. How about his shoes and trousers. What were they like?
10. Was his first plan successful?
11. What did he stop in front of?
12. What did he pick up?
13. Did the glass break?
14. Was Soapy happy?
15. He thought, ‘I’ll soon be in ___________ now.’
16. Did the policeman believe Soapy?
17. Who did the policeman run after?
18. How did Soapy feel?
19. What did he see on the opposite side of the road?
20. Did he enjoy his meal?
21. Did they call the police?
22. How many waiters threw him out?
23. Soapy saw a __________ __________ __________ standing in front of a shop, and nearby there was
a _______________.
24. How many times did he speak to her?
25. Was the young woman happy to talk to him?
26. Was Soapy happy?
27. What did he do at the next corner?
28. He came to a street with a lot of ___________, and rich people in their __________ clothes.
29. He began to __________ and __________ and make a lot of ___________.
 30. What did the policeman do?
31. How did Soapy feel?
32. What did Soapy try to steal?
33. The man said, ‘perhaps I’ve made a ____________.’
34. How did Soapy feel?
35. What did he say about policemen?
36. What did he see on a quiet corner of the city?
37. What was coming from inside?
38. What was high in the sky?
39. What did he remember?
40. He thought of the days when he had a ___________, and ___________, and beautiful ___________ in
his life.
41. Then he thought about his life now, the ___________ days, the ________ plans.
42. What wonderful thing happened?
43. What did he plan to do the next day?
44. Soapy felt a hand on his arm. Who was it?
45. How many months in prison did he get?

The New Yorkers O. Henry A Walk in Amnesia

1. How many cups of tea did his wife have?

2. What did she always tell him?
3. What was his job?
4. What did his friend tell him to do?
5. Amnesia is when you can’t remember anything. True false
6. What did he do on Thursday nights?
7. How was he feeling as he walked to work that morning?
8. Where was he when he woke up?
9. What had he forgotten?
10. How much money did he have in his pocket?
11. Was the train crowded?
12. Were the people friendly?
13. What was Mr Bolder’s job?
14. How about all the other people on the train. What were their jobs?
15. Where were they all going?
16. Here’s another of those _______ who run away and then say that they have ____________ who they
are. A man gets tired of his business and his __________, and he wants to have a ________ time.
17. What was the date?
18. When had Mr Bellford left home?
19. It was possible that Mr Bellford had _____________.
20. What time did they arrive in New York?
21. How did he get to a hotel?
22. How did he feel?
23. Why did the man behind the desk look at him strangely?
24. What did he buy the next day?
25. Did he have a good time over the next few days in Manhattan?
26. He learned that if you want to be ___________, you must be _______.
27. One afternoon a thin man spoke to him. True False
28. Did the man know him?
29. That afternoon he moved to a quiet little __________ on ________ Avenue.
30. One day a woman spoke to him in one of his favourite restaurants. True False
31. How old was she?
32. What colour was her hair?
33. How many years had she known him?
34. The woman laughed. ‘Did you know that I ___________ six months after you did? It was in all the
newspapers. She was _____________ for a minute.’ Since that night fifteen years ______, can you
touch, smell, or look at __________ ___________ and not think of me?’
35. Where did he go that night?
36. When he returned the woman was waiting for him. True False
37. They went into a small room. True False
38. The woman’s face was _____________ and ____________.
39. How old was the man?
40. The woman said she was his __________.
41. Where did the doctor tell her to go?
42. The doctor left the room. True False
43. What did he love about the woman?
44. How long ago had he left home?
45. How long had the doctor been his friend?
46. Amnesia can go suddenly. True False
47. Could the doctor tell anyone what he said?
48. What was on the table?
49. Did he want to get better slowly or suddenly?
50. “Oh, my good old friend – it was ____________!”
51. Do you think he really had amnesia?
The New Yorkers O. Henry Tildy’s Moment

1. Was Bogle’s Family Restaurant expensive?

2. How many tables were there in the restaurant?
3. Who took the money?
4. How many waitresses worked in the restaurant?
5. Aileen was tall, ______________ and full of life.
6. Tildy was small, fat and not ____________.
7. Were the customers mostly men or woman?
8. Aileen was more popular than Tildy in the restaurant. True False
9. Did Aileen work hard?
10. One of the men gave her a little cat. True False
11. Did the men look at Tildy?
12. Was she a good waitress?
13. Tildy was happy to work with no thanks. True False
14. Were Aileen and Tildy friends?
15. What did Tildy want?
16. Who came in with a black eye?
17. What did Mr. Seeders look like?
18. Was Aileen interested in Mr. Seeders?
19. Where did Mr. Seeders sit in the restaurant?
20. What did he eat?
21. One day what did Mr Seeders do?
22. Suddenly Tildy’s __________ changed.
23. What did Bogle give Tildy after she told him about the kiss?
24. Did Tildy tell the customers?
25. Was she happy?
26. How many days did Mr Seeders stay away from the restaurant?
27. “She felt _____________, and a little afraid.”
28. What time did Mr Seeders come in?
29. Was the restaurant full?
30. How did Mr Seeders look?
31. He said he only kissed Tildy because of the _______.
32. What did Tildy do?
33. Did Tildy like Mr Seeders very much?
34. What was important to her?
35. What did she still have?
36. Aileen said, “Don’t be _____________, Tildy. That little Seeders has a face like a dead
___________! He’s ___________. A real man never says ___________!”
The New Yorkers O. Henry The Memento

1. Miss D’Armande’s was looking out the window. True False

2. She was an ___________.
3. Why did actors go to the Hotel Thalia for the summer?
4. Was Miss D’Armande’s hotel room large or small?
5. Were there a lot of mementos of her theater days in her room?
6. Miss Rosalie Ray was one of her best friends. True False
7. What was she sitting on in the picture?
8. When she went high on her swing, what fell down to the men below?
9. How often did she do this?
10. Was it easy for her to find work in the theater?
11. Where did Miss Ray go to live after two years?
12. Who knocked on the door 17 minutes later?
13. How did she look?
14. When was Miss Lynette D’Armande going to start work again?
15. Rosalie left the theater most of all because she was tired of the ________.
16. How much had she saved?
17. She went to a little ____________ by the ________.
18. What did she do as soon as she saw the Reverend Arthur Lyle?
19. When did they decide to get married?
20. Did she tell him she was an actress?
21. Was she happy?
22. What was the best place in the world?
23. Who began to talk about Arthur?
24. What did Arthur keep in his desk?
25. Was his desk locked?
26. Had he ever met her?
27. Arthur said, “It was _______________ from my love for you.”
28. How many times had Arthur seen her?
29. Was she angry with her husband?
30. She thought he was ____________ from other men.
31. What time did Arthur go out?
32. What did she decide to do?
33. After she saw inside the box, she:
a. went to her ___________
b. packed her ____________
34. Was Arthur different from other men?
35. What was in the box?
The New Yorkers O. Henry Answers

The Christmas Presents Soapy’s Choice A Walk in Amnesia

42. $1.87 46. the sky 52. 2
43. every day 47. winter 53. Be careful.
44. False 48. no 54. lawyer
45. Christmas 49. months, food, friends 55. not to work so hard
46. cried 50. 3 56. True
47. 4 51. expensive, money 57. played cards
48. no 52. yes 58. very well
49. had a job 53. no 59. on a train
50. no 54. very old, dirty, terrible 60. his name
51. washed her face 55. no 61. $3,000
52. grey 56. shop window 62. yes
53. Christmas present 57. stone 63. yes
54. show how much she loved him 58. yes 64. druggist
55. Jim’s gold watch, Della’s hair 59. yes 65. druggist
56. coat 60. prison 66. yearly meeting in NY
57. brown 61. no 67. men, forgotten, family, good
58. Hair 62. another man 68. June 12
59. False 63. cross 69. 3 days ago
60. hair 64. little restaurant 70. amnesia
61. $20 65. yes 71. 10pm
62. looking for Jim’s present 66. no 72. taxi
63. watch chain 67. 2 73. wild, happy, free
64. $21 68. nice young woman, policeman 74. no suitcase
65. very short hair 69. 2 75. suitcase, clothes
66. school girl 70. yes 76. yes
67. 7pm 71. no 77. happy, free
68. True 72. ran away from her 78. False
69. afraid 73. theaters, best 79. yes
70. no 74. sing, shout, noise 80. hotel, 5th
71. no 75. turned his back 81. True
72. love, me 76. unhappy 82. about 30
73. something, pocket, table 77. umbrella 83. red gold
74. excited 78. mistake 84. 15
75. combs 79. really angry 85. married, silent, ago, white
76. shop window 80. bad things roses
77. love 81. church 86. theater
78. his present 82. sweet music 87. False
79. lovely, everywhere, chain 83. moon 88. True
80. no 84. other, happier days 89. unhappy, tired
81. sold it to buy combs 85. mother, friends, things 90. about 40
82. very much in love 86. empty, dead 91. wife
87. decided to change his life 92. her room
88. find work 93. False
89. policeman 94. colour of her hair
90. 3 95. 2 weeks
96. 20 years
97. True
98. no
99. white roses
100. suddenly
101. wonderful
102. ??
Tildy’s Momento The Memento
1. no 1. False
2. 12 2. actress
3. Bogle 3. to rest
4. 2 4. small
5. beautiful 5. yes
6. beautiful 6. True
7. men 7. swing
8. True 8. garter
9. yes 9. every night
10. False 10. yes
11. no 11. the country
12. yes 12. Miss Rosalie Ray
13. True 13. tired, unhappy
14. yes 14. next week
15. a man to love her 15. men
16. Aileen 16. $200
17. small, thin 17. village, sea
18. no 18. fell in love with him
19. Tildy’s table 19. a month later
20. fish 20. no
21. kissed Tildy 21. yes
22. world 22. that little village
23. $1 a week more 23. old woman who worked in the house
24. yes 24. a memento
25. yes 25. yes
26. 2 26. no
27. excited 27. different
28. 4pm 28. 10
29. no 29. no
30. face red, uncomfortable 30. different
31. drink 31. 4pm
32. cried 32. look at the memento
33. no 33. room, suitcase
34. the kiss 34. no
35. her friend 35. yellow garter
36. unhappy, potato, nothing, sorry
CD Guide

Stories CD settings Length

The Christmas Presents track one 11.23

Soapy’s Choice track two 12.38
A Walk in Amnesia track three 11.50
Tildy’s Moment track four 8.13
The Memento track five 9.24