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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 it reasonable to infer is the officer's motive in listening to Bob "with interest" (621)?
(a) Bob is an interesting speaker.
(b) Bob might reveal evidence.
(c) The officer is a curious person.
(d) The officer is pretending to be Jimmy.

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

3. According to Bob, why did Jimmy stay in New York?
(a) He had a very limited imagination.
(b) He did not want to leave his family behind.
(c) He was scared to move somewhere unknown.
(d) He loved New York too much to leave it.

4. What does the narrator say causes Bob to tell officer about his career in the West?
(a) The officer asks him about it.
(b) His suspicions about the officer's identity.
(c) He is trying to fill an awkward silence.
(d) His ego.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. On page 621, Bob uses the slang word "bully." What does this word mean in the context of the story?

4. What does the narrator mean by the description of the police officer's impressiveness as "habitual and not for show"?

5. What causes the few pedestrians around to hurry "dismally" past Bob (621)?

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