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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 reason does the waiting man give the police officer for his presence?
(a) He is trying to stay out of the rain.
(b) He thought that the business would be open.
(c) He is lost.
(d) He is waiting for a friend.

2. What can logically be inferred about Jimmy's question about whether Bob and Jimmy kept in touch?
(a) He does not remember when the last time he heard from Bob was.
(b) He is unsure if the man he is talking to really is his old friend.
(c) He wonders why Bob stopped writing to him.
(d) He wants to know if Bob realizes that he deliberately stopped writing to him.

3. What effect does the officer tell Bob that time can have?
(a) It can change a good man into a bad man.
(b) It can make a person realize what is really important.
(c) It can give a man something new to be loyal to.
(d) It can gradually erase the feeling of friendship.

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

5. What is the most likely reason that Bob does not recognize Jimmy when they are talking?
(a) It is too dark.
(b) He does not really remember what Jimmy looks like.
(c) He is too busy trying to hide his own identity from the police officer.
(d) He expects Jimmy to be a rich, successful man like himself.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the police discover that Bob was in New York?

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

4. What is a logical inference based on the way the officer is twirling his baton?

5. Why are so few businesses open on the street where the officer is?

(see the answer key)

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