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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 finally reveals the plainclothes officer's face?
(a) A streetlight.
(b) The flame from a match.
(c) The light from an open business.
(d) The headlights of an approaching police car.

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

3. What is a logical inference based on the way the officer is twirling his baton?
(a) He is bored.
(b) He is in a good mood.
(c) He is expecting trouble.
(d) He is trying to impress people.

4. Why are there so few people on the streets?
(a) It is very late.
(b) There are no open businesses nearby.
(c) The weather is unpleasant.
(d) There is a curfew.

5. On page 621, how does the reader learn that the first police officer was actually Jimmy?
(a) Jimmy himself explains his identity.
(b) The plainclothes officer refers to him as "Patrolman Wells."
(c) The narrator describes "the patrolman" waiting around the corner as his "oldest friend" is arrested.
(d) The plainclothes officer reveals his true identity to Bob.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why have the two men set this particular meeting time?

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

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

4. What is the purpose of mentioning that everyone who passes Bob has their coat collar turned up?

5. What is the clearest purpose of describing the plainclothes officer as "submerged in his overcoat" (621)?

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