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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 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 is stuck in a rut and always does things the same way.
(c) The police officer knows that people are watching him.
(d) The police officer is a humble and modest person.

2. What is the clearest purpose of describing the plainclothes officer as "submerged in his overcoat" (621)?
(a) Developing characterization.
(b) Providing foreshadowing.
(c) Establishing atmosphere.
(d) Amplifying conflict.

3. What hope does Bob express about Jimmy?
(a) That he has not been as successful as Bob himself has been.
(b) That he has also had success.
(c) That he has found a job that makes him both proud and happy.
(d) That he has married and started a family.

4. The narrator says, on page 619, that something has "well nigh depeopled the streets." In this context, what does the phrase "well nigh" mean?
(a) Slowly.
(b) Completely.
(c) Tried and failed to.
(d) Come very close to.

5. Why are there so few people on the streets?
(a) It is very late.
(b) The weather is unpleasant.
(c) There are no open businesses nearby.
(d) There is a curfew.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time of night are Bob and Jimmy supposed to meet?

2. What aspect of his success does Bob take particular pride in?

3. Where does the plainclothes officer pretending to be Jimmy tell Bob that he works?

4. On page 621, Bob uses the slang word "bully." What does this word mean in the context of the story?

5. How many years separate Bob and Jimmy?

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