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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 kind of street is a "pacific thoroughfare" (619)?
(a) Crowded.
(b) Wet.
(c) Ominous.
(d) Peaceful.

2. 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 if Bob still considers Jimmy his best friend.
(c) He asks whether Bob is going to keep waiting for Jimmy.
(d) He asks whether Bob ever spent time in Chicago.

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

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

5. How does the plainclothes officer get Bob to walk with him?
(a) He shows him the note from Jimmy.
(b) He arrests him.
(c) He says that he lives nearby and they can go have a drink at his apartment.
(d) He tells him they will go somewhere close by and talk about old times.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Jimmy notice about the pin of Bob's scarf?

4. What does Bob mean when he describes Jimmy as a "plodder" (620)?

5. At the end of the story, what motive for his deception does Jimmy reveal?

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