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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "After Twenty Years".
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the purpose of mentioning that everyone who passes Bob has their coat collar turned up?
(a) It makes the plainclothes' officer's choice to do the same thing seem less suspicious.
(b) It underscores that New York is an unfriendly place.
(c) It explains why Bob does not see Jimmy clearly.
(d) It implies that most people have something to hide.
2. What is the clearest purpose of describing the plainclothes officer as "submerged in his overcoat" (621)?
(a) Amplifying conflict.
(b) Establishing atmosphere.
(c) Providing foreshadowing.
(d) Developing characterization.
3. What criticism does Bob have for New York itself?
(a) It is full of snobs.
(b) It is crowded.
(c) It is corrupt.
(d) It dulls the mind.
4. What does the narrator mean by the description of the police officer's impressiveness as "habitual and not for show"?
(a) The police officer is not trying to show off.
(b) The police officer knows that people are watching him.
(c) The police officer is a humble and modest person.
(d) The police officer is stuck in a rut and always does things the same way.
5. Which element of the physical description of the plainclothes officer functions as foreshadowing?
(a) His hat.
(b) His voice.
(c) The color of his overcoat.
(d) His height.
Short Answer Questions
1. What causes the few pedestrians around to hurry "dismally" past Bob (621)?
2. In his explanation of what has happened, what is the first thing that Jimmy wants to be sure Bob knows?
3. Where does the plainclothes officer pretending to be Jimmy tell Bob that he works?
4. The narrator says, on page 619, that something has "well nigh depeopled the streets." In this context, what does the phrase "well nigh" mean?
5. On page 621, how does the reader learn that the first police officer was actually Jimmy?
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