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

2. Who is the author of "After Twenty Years"?
(a) Edith Wharton.
(b) Katherine Anne Porter.
(c) O. Henry.
(d) Henry James.

3. What is logical to infer about the officer asking about Bob's identity "doubtfully" (621)?
(a) He does not fully trust Jimmy Wells.
(b) He is not sure that he and Jimmy are doing the right thing.
(c) He is an insecure and hesitant person.
(d) He wants to seem like he is not already sure of Bob's identity.

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

5. What is the only reason that Bob can imagine Jimmy not showing up?
(a) He cannot get away from work.
(b) He is dead.
(c) He no longer lives in New York.
(d) He has forgotten Bob.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the restaurant that used to be in the spot where the man is waiting?

2. What is the first thing that Bob notices about the plainclothes officer he thinks is Jimmy?

3. On page 621, how does the plainclothes officer refer to his meeting with Bob?

4. What can logically be inferred about Jimmy's question about whether Bob and Jimmy kept in touch?

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?

(see the answer key)

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