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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 can logically be inferred about Bob and Jimmy's friendship?
(a) They are related by blood.
(b) It meant more to Bob than to Jimmy.
(c) They met in college.
(d) It began when they were quite young.

2. What criticism does Bob have for New York itself?
(a) It dulls the mind.
(b) It is corrupt.
(c) It is full of snobs.
(d) It is crowded.

3. How did the police discover that Bob was in New York?
(a) A business rival spotted Bob in New York.
(b) Jimmy told them about his appointment with Bob.
(c) The bus driver that brought Bob to New York recognized him from a "Wanted" poster.
(d) The police in Chicago wired the information to them.

4. What effect does the officer tell Bob that time can have?
(a) It can give a man something new to be loyal to.
(b) It can change a good man into a bad man.
(c) It can gradually erase the feeling of friendship.
(d) It can make a person realize what is really important.

5. At the end of the story, what motive for his deception does Jimmy reveal?
(a) He was embarrassed for Bob to know that he is now a police officer.
(b) He wanted time to think about what the right thing to do was.
(c) He needed time to check the picture on the "Wanted" poster.
(d) He could not face being the one to actually arrest Bob.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bob mean when he describes Jimmy as a "plodder" (620)?

2. What is it reasonable to infer is the officer's motive in listening to Bob "with interest" (621)?

3. What causes Jimmy to comment that Bob seems to have become a success in the West?

4. What is a logical inference based on the way the officer is twirling his baton?

5. What detail reveals Bob's emotions when he discovers that Jimmy has betrayed him?

(see the answer key)

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