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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. On page 621, how does the reader learn that the first police officer was actually Jimmy?
(a) The narrator describes "the patrolman" waiting around the corner as his "oldest friend" is arrested.
(b) The plainclothes officer reveals his true identity to Bob.
(c) Jimmy himself explains his identity.
(d) The plainclothes officer refers to him as "Patrolman Wells."

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

3. 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) The officer is pretending to be Jimmy.
(c) The officer is a curious person.
(d) Bob might reveal evidence.

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

5. Why are there so few people on the streets?
(a) The weather is unpleasant.
(b) There are no open businesses nearby.
(c) It is very late.
(d) There is a curfew.

Short Answer Questions

1. What aspect of his success does Bob take particular pride in?

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

3. What reason does Bob give for falling out of touch with Jimmy?

4. What criticism does Bob have for New York itself?

5. What is the first thing that Bob notices about the plainclothes officer he thinks is Jimmy?

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