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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 plainclothes officer refer to his meeting with Bob?
(a) As "a relief."
(b) As "fate."
(c) As "ironic."
(d) As "unbelievable."

2. What can logically be inferred about Bob and Jimmy's friendship?
(a) It began when they were quite young.
(b) They met in college.
(c) It meant more to Bob than to Jimmy.
(d) They are related by blood.

3. What does Bob's nickname turn out to be?
(a) "Slippery" Bob.
(b) "Bully" Bob.
(c) "Betting" Bob.
(d) "Silky" Bob.

4. Before Jimmy leaves Bob, what question does he ask him?
(a) He asks if Bob still considers Jimmy his best friend.
(b) He asks whether Bob is going to keep waiting for Jimmy.
(c) He asks Bob to tell him exactly how he made his money.
(d) He asks whether Bob ever spent time in Chicago.

5. What regret does the plainclothes officer express while he is pretending to be Jimmy?
(a) That the restaurant is closed.
(b) That he and Bob lost track of one another.
(c) That he does not have a long time to talk.
(d) That he did not accompany Bob out West.

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. Where does the plainclothes officer pretending to be Jimmy tell Bob that he works?

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?

4. What does Jimmy notice about the pin of Bob's scarf?

5. What effect does the officer tell Bob that time can have?

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