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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 logical to infer about the officer asking about Bob's identity "doubtfully" (621)?
(a) He is not sure that he and Jimmy are doing the right thing.
(b) He wants to seem like he is not already sure of Bob's identity.
(c) He does not fully trust Jimmy Wells.
(d) He is an insecure and hesitant person.
2. Which element of the physical description of the plainclothes officer functions as foreshadowing?
(a) His hat.
(b) His voice.
(c) The color of his overcoat.
(d) His height.
3. What does Bob's nickname turn out to be?
(a) "Slippery" Bob.
(b) "Bully" Bob.
(c) "Betting" Bob.
(d) "Silky" Bob.
4. What is the first thing that Bob notices about the plainclothes officer he thinks is Jimmy?
(a) The man's voice is lower than he remember's Jimmy's being.
(b) The man is taller than he thought Jimmy was.
(c) The man does not seem to recognize the nickname that Bob gave Jimmy.
(d) The man seems to be trying to hide his face.
5. At the end of the story, what motive for his deception does Jimmy reveal?
(a) He wanted time to think about what the right thing to do was.
(b) He needed time to check the picture on the "Wanted" poster.
(c) He was embarrassed for Bob to know that he is now a police officer.
(d) He could not face being the one to actually arrest Bob.
Short Answer Questions
1. On page 621, how does the reader learn that the first police officer was actually Jimmy?
2. In his explanation of what has happened, what is the first thing that Jimmy wants to be sure Bob knows?
3. What finally reveals the plainclothes officer's face?
4. What is the clearest purpose of describing the plainclothes officer as "submerged in his overcoat" (621)?
5. The narrator says, on page 619, that something has "well nigh depeopled the streets." In this context, what does the phrase "well nigh" mean?
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