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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. The police officer's is described as "stalwart" (619). What kind of man does this mean he is?
2. Why are so few businesses open on the street where the officer is?
3. What does Bob's nickname turn out to be?
4. What distinguishing feature does Bob have on his face?
5. On page 621, Bob uses the slang word "bully." What does this word mean in the context of the story?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Bob and Jimmy know one another, 20 years ago?
2. 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?
3. What is amusing about the plainclothes officer's answer to Bob's question about whether he is doing well in New York?
4. How is Bob characterized by the accessories that he carries?
5. What is the effect of the passage depicting Bob continuing to wait in the doorway as it begins to rain?
6. In the story's beginning, what evidence is there that Jimmy takes pride in his job?
7. Describe the story's opening moments, including its setting.
8. What is appropriate about the plainclothes officer greeting Bob with the line "It's Bob, sure as fate" (621)?
9. What is the significance of the similarities and differences in the ways that Bob's and the plainclothes officer's faces are revealed?
10. Why does Bob guess that Jimmy might not be as much of a success as Bob himself has become?
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 use of physical objects to convey character in "After Twenty Years." Support your claims with evidence from the text.
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 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.
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