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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 plainclothes officer refer to his meeting with Bob?
(a) As "ironic."
(b) As "a relief."
(c) As "unbelievable."
(d) As "fate."

2. According to Bob, why did Jimmy stay in New York?
(a) He loved New York too much to leave it.
(b) He had a very limited imagination.
(c) He was scared to move somewhere unknown.
(d) He did not want to leave his family behind.

3. What is logical to infer about the officer asking about Bob's identity "doubtfully" (621)?
(a) He is an insecure and hesitant person.
(b) He does not fully trust Jimmy Wells.
(c) He is not sure that he and Jimmy are doing the right thing.
(d) He wants to seem like he is not already sure of Bob's identity.

4. At the end of the story, what motive for his deception does Jimmy reveal?
(a) He was embarrassed for Bob to know that he is now a police officer.
(b) He could not face being the one to actually arrest Bob.
(c) He wanted time to think about what the right thing to do was.
(d) He needed time to check the picture on the "Wanted" poster.

5. What effect does the officer tell Bob that time can have?
(a) It can gradually erase the feeling of friendship.
(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 change a good man into a bad man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only reason that Bob can imagine Jimmy not showing up?

2. What does the narrator mean by the description of the police officer's impressiveness as "habitual and not for show"?

3. Which element of the physical description of the plainclothes officer functions as foreshadowing?

4. What kind of street is a "pacific thoroughfare" (619)?

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

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