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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 causes the officer to suddenly slow down?
(a) One of the businesses has an unlocked door.
(b) He sees a wanted criminal.
(c) He sees Bob.
(d) The streetlight has gone out.

2. What is the most likely reason that Bob does not recognize Jimmy when they are talking?
(a) He is too busy trying to hide his own identity from the police officer.
(b) He does not really remember what Jimmy looks like.
(c) It is too dark.
(d) He expects Jimmy to be a rich, successful man like himself.

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

4. What regret does the plainclothes officer express while he is pretending to be Jimmy?
(a) That he did not accompany Bob out West.
(b) That the restaurant is closed.
(c) That he and Bob lost track of one another.
(d) That he does not have a long time to talk.

5. On page 621, how does the plainclothes officer refer to his meeting with Bob?
(a) As "ironic."
(b) As "a relief."
(c) As "fate."
(d) As "unbelievable."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the end of the story, what motive for his deception does Jimmy reveal?

3. What does Bob do while he waits for Jimmy?

4. When Bob describes Jimmy as the "staunchest" man in the world, what does this show that Bob believes about Jimmy?

5. What does Bob's nickname turn out to be?

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