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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 hope does Bob express about Jimmy?
(a) That he has not been as successful as Bob himself has been.
(b) That he has married and started a family.
(c) That he has found a job that makes him both proud and happy.
(d) That he has also had success.

2. What is the name of the restaurant that used to be in the spot where the man is waiting?
(a) "Diamond Jim" Brady's.
(b) "Big Joe" Brady's.
(c) Bill Broozy's.
(d) Bill Diamond's.

3. The narrator says, on page 619, that something has "well nigh depeopled the streets." In this context, what does the phrase "well nigh" mean?
(a) Tried and failed to.
(b) Slowly.
(c) Come very close to.
(d) Completely.

4. How many years separate Bob and Jimmy?
(a) 0.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

5. What is it reasonable to infer is the officer's motive in listening to Bob "with interest" (621)?
(a) Bob might reveal evidence.
(b) The officer is a curious person.
(c) Bob is an interesting speaker.
(d) The officer is pretending to be Jimmy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator mean by the description of the police officer's impressiveness as "habitual and not for show"?

2. What regret does the plainclothes officer express while he is pretending to be Jimmy?

3. What finally reveals the plainclothes officer's face?

4. At what time of night are Bob and Jimmy supposed to meet?

5. What kind of street is a "pacific thoroughfare" (619)?

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