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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 duty is the police officer performing in the opening of the story?
(a) Searching for a wanted criminal.
(b) Enforcing the city's noise ordinance.
(c) Enforcing the city's curfew.
(d) Checking doors to make sure they are locked.

2. What does Bob mean when he describes Jimmy as a "plodder" (620)?
(a) Jimmy is a kind person but not very bright.
(b) Jimmy is loyal but can also be stubborn.
(c) Jimmy is a steady person but not creative or quick.
(d) Jimmy is ethical but can also be judgmental.

3. 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) Someone cruel and threatening.
(c) A great person, usually a male friend.
(d) Excellent, wonderful.

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

5. What is the only reason that Bob can imagine Jimmy not showing up?
(a) He cannot get away from work.
(b) He no longer lives in New York.
(c) He has forgotten Bob.
(d) He is dead.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What causes the few pedestrians around to hurry "dismally" past Bob (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 first thing that Bob notices about the plainclothes officer he thinks is Jimmy?

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