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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In his explanation of what has happened, what is the first thing that Jimmy wants to be sure Bob knows?
2. What is the most likely reason that Bob does not recognize Jimmy when they are talking?
3. How did the police discover that Bob was in New York?
4. On page 621, how does the plainclothes officer refer to his meeting with Bob?
5. What finally reveals the plainclothes officer's face?
Short Essay Questions
1. What were the circumstances of the agreement Jimmy and Bob made 20 years ago?
2. What is the effect of the passage depicting Bob continuing to wait in the doorway as it begins to rain?
3. When the plainclothes officer tells Bob "We'll go around to a place I know of, and have a good long talk about old times," (621), what does he mean, and what does Bob likely think he means?
4. Why does Jimmy, in his role as the police officer, ask Bob if he is going to keep waiting for his friend to show up?
5. How does the introduction of Bob's character contrast with the introduction of Jimmy's character?
6. What causes Bob to finally realize that the plainclothes officer is not Jimmy Wells?
7. Why does Bob guess that Jimmy might not be as much of a success as Bob himself has become?
8. Describe the story's opening moments, including its setting.
9. What surprises Bob about the appearance of the man that he thinks is his old friend, and how does the man explain away Bob's doubts?
10. In the story's beginning, what evidence is there that Jimmy takes pride in his job?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay in which you make and defend a claim about the thematic motifs of materialism and greed in "After Twenty Years." Support your ideas with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about diction in "After Twenty Years." Be sure that your essay goes beyond labeling types of diction and noting the effect of particular word choices; you should establish a claim in the beginning of your essay about the significance of patterns of diction choices to the meaning or impact of the text as a whole. Use quoted textual evidence to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the use of physical objects to convey character in "After Twenty Years." Support your claims with evidence from the text.
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