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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 kind of street is a "pacific thoroughfare" (619)?
(a) Wet.
(b) Crowded.
(c) Ominous.
(d) Peaceful.

2. Who is the author of "After Twenty Years"?
(a) Edith Wharton.
(b) O. Henry.
(c) Katherine Anne Porter.
(d) Henry James.

3. What is the significance of Jimmy knowing how long ago the restaurant closed?
(a) It confirms Bob's characterization of him as a lover of New York City.
(b) It creates dramatic irony.
(c) It foreshadows his identity.
(d) It characterizes him as an observant police officer.

4. What duty is the police officer performing in the opening of the story?
(a) Searching for a wanted criminal.
(b) Enforcing the city's noise ordinance.
(c) Enforcing the city's curfew.
(d) Checking doors to make sure they are locked.

5. What detail reveals Bob's emotions when he discovers that Jimmy has betrayed him?
(a) His hand shakes.
(b) He curses Jimmy and their friendship.
(c) He begins to weep.
(d) He lunges at the plainclothes officer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years separate Bob and Jimmy?

2. What is the name of the restaurant that used to be in the spot where the man is waiting?

3. What reason does the waiting man give the police officer for his presence?

4. What effect does the officer tell Bob that time can have?

5. Why are so few businesses open on the street where the officer is?

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