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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 causes Jimmy to comment that Bob seems to have become a success in the West?
(a) Bob's description of his business in Chicago.
(b) Bob's fancy watch and scarfpin.
(c) Bob's comment about the size of the West and all of its opportunities.
(d) Bob's expensive clothing and grooming.

2. What does the narrator say causes Bob to tell officer about his career in the West?
(a) His suspicions about the officer's identity.
(b) The officer asks him about it.
(c) He is trying to fill an awkward silence.
(d) His ego.

3. How did the police discover that Bob was in New York?
(a) The police in Chicago wired the information to them.
(b) Jimmy told them about his appointment with Bob.
(c) A business rival spotted Bob in New York.
(d) The bus driver that brought Bob to New York recognized him from a "Wanted" poster.

4. What causes the few pedestrians around to hurry "dismally" past Bob (621)?
(a) Bob is a suspicious-seeming person.
(b) It is almost time for the last businesses to close.
(c) The weather has gotten worse.
(d) Bob's obvious wealth.

5. What does the plainclothes officer hand to Bob?
(a) A note from Jimmy.
(b) The "Wanted" poster with his face on it.
(c) A card with his Miranda rights printed on it.
(d) An arrest warrant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most likely reason that Bob does not recognize Jimmy when they are talking?

2. What hope does Bob express about Jimmy?

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 reason does the waiting man give the police officer for his presence?

5. How does the plainclothes officer get Bob to walk with him?

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