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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 is the most likely reason that Bob does not recognize Jimmy when they are talking?
(a) He does not really remember what Jimmy looks like.
(b) He expects Jimmy to be a rich, successful man like himself.
(c) It is too dark.
(d) He is too busy trying to hide his own identity from the police officer.

2. What does Jimmy notice about the pin of Bob's scarf?
(a) It is made from mother-of-pearl.
(b) It has been reported as stolen property.
(c) It is the one that he gave Bob 20 years ago.
(d) It contains a large diamond.

3. What distinguishing feature does Bob have on his face?
(a) A black eye.
(b) A birthmark.
(c) A mole.
(d) A small scar.

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

5. What does Bob do while he waits for Jimmy?
(a) Hums a song.
(b) Counts his money.
(c) Polishes his scarfpin.
(d) Smokes his cigar.

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 causes Bob to realize that the plainclothes officer is not Jimmy?

4. Who is the author of "After Twenty Years"?

5. What duty is the police officer performing in the opening of the story?

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