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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. 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 reveals his true identity to Bob.
(c) The narrator describes "the patrolman" waiting around the corner as his "oldest friend" is arrested.
(d) The plainclothes officer refers to him as "Patrolman Wells."

2. What causes the officer to suddenly slow down?
(a) He sees Bob.
(b) He sees a wanted criminal.
(c) The streetlight has gone out.
(d) One of the businesses has an unlocked door.

3. What does the narrator mean by the description of the police officer's impressiveness as "habitual and not for show"?
(a) The police officer is not trying to show off.
(b) The police officer knows that people are watching him.
(c) The police officer is stuck in a rut and always does things the same way.
(d) The police officer is a humble and modest person.

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

5. What does Jimmy notice about Bob's pocket watch?
(a) It is not set to the correct time.
(b) It is made of solid gold.
(c) It has a suspicious dent in its case.
(d) It is covered with diamonds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say causes Bob to tell officer about his career in the West?

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

3. What distinguishing feature does Bob have on his face?

4. Why are there so few people on the streets?

5. What causes Jimmy to comment that Bob seems to have become a success in the West?

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