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

2. What is the significance of Jimmy knowing how long ago the restaurant closed?
(a) It characterizes him as an observant police officer.
(b) It foreshadows his identity.
(c) It creates dramatic irony.
(d) It confirms Bob's characterization of him as a lover of New York City.

3. What does Bob do while he waits for Jimmy?
(a) Hums a song.
(b) Polishes his scarfpin.
(c) Smokes his cigar.
(d) Counts his money.

4. What does the narrator say causes Bob to tell officer about his career in the West?
(a) His suspicions about the officer's identity.
(b) He is trying to fill an awkward silence.
(c) His ego.
(d) The officer asks him about it.

5. What criticism does Bob have for New York itself?
(a) It is full of snobs.
(b) It is corrupt.
(c) It dulls the mind.
(d) It is crowded.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does the waiting man give the police officer for his presence?

2. What reason does Bob give for falling out of touch with Jimmy?

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

4. In his explanation of what has happened, what is the first thing that Jimmy wants to be sure Bob knows?

5. What is the most likely reason that Bob does not recognize Jimmy when they are talking?

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