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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. Who is the author of "After Twenty Years"?
(a) Katherine Anne Porter.
(b) Henry James.
(c) O. Henry.
(d) Edith Wharton.

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

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

4. What does the narrator mean by the description of the police officer's impressiveness as "habitual and not for show"?
(a) The police officer is not trying to show off.
(b) The police officer knows that people are watching him.
(c) The police officer is a humble and modest person.
(d) The police officer is stuck in a rut and always does things the same way.

5. 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 wonders why Bob stopped writing to him.
(c) He is unsure if the man he is talking to really is his old friend.
(d) He wants to know if Bob realizes that he deliberately stopped writing to him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What causes Bob to realize that the plainclothes officer is not Jimmy?

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

4. What can logically be inferred about Bob and Jimmy's friendship?

5. What effect does the officer tell Bob that time can have?

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