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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. How many years separate Bob and Jimmy?
(a) 0.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

2. On page 621, Bob uses the slang word "bully." What does this word mean in the context of the story?
(a) Someone who uses force to get their way.
(b) Excellent, wonderful.
(c) A great person, usually a male friend.
(d) Someone cruel and threatening.

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

4. Why have the two men set this particular meeting time?
(a) It was the time that the restaurant's band used to begin to play.
(b) It was the time they met for dinner 20 years ago.
(c) It was the time that they both used to get off of work 20 years ago.
(d) It was the time that they said goodbye 20 years ago.

5. What causes the few pedestrians around to hurry "dismally" past Bob (621)?
(a) It is almost time for the last businesses to close.
(b) The weather has gotten worse.
(c) Bob is a suspicious-seeming person.
(d) Bob's obvious wealth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is logical to infer about the officer asking about Bob's identity "doubtfully" (621)?

2. What does the plainclothes officer hand to Bob?

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

4. Bob's eyes are described as "keen" (620). What does this description of his eyes communicate about his character?

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

(see the answer key)

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