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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. Why are so few businesses open on the street where the officer is?
2. What does the narrator mean by the description of the police officer's impressiveness as "habitual and not for show"?
3. Why did Bob leave New York?
4. At the end of the story, what motive for his deception does Jimmy reveal?
5. What causes Bob to realize that the plainclothes officer is not Jimmy?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What is ironic about the way that Bob describes his old friend to the "policeman" he encounters?
3. How does the introduction of Bob's character contrast with the introduction of Jimmy's character?
4. What is amusing about the plainclothes officer's answer to Bob's question about whether he is doing well in New York?
5. Why does Bob guess that Jimmy might not be as much of a success as Bob himself has become?
6. What causes Bob to finally realize that the plainclothes officer is not Jimmy Wells?
7. What is the significance of the similarities and differences in the ways that Bob's and the plainclothes officer's faces are revealed?
8. How did Bob and Jimmy know one another, 20 years ago?
9. What is the effect of the passage depicting Bob continuing to wait in the doorway as it begins to rain?
10. How is Bob characterized by the accessories that he carries?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the beliefs about friendship and loyalty conveyed by "After Twenty Years." Use textual evidence to support your ideas.
Essay Topic 2
O. Henry clearly admired New York City police officers. His stories hold them up as examples of humble servants of the public good. Research "Tammany Hall" and then write an essay comparing O. Henry's police officers with the historical reality. Cite all sources in MLA format.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that analyzes O. Henry's use of wit in "After Twenty Years." Be sure that you understand the literary definition of "wit" and that you clearly tie O. Henry's use of wit to his goals as a writer in this story. Support your claims with quoted textual evidence.
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