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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 Jimmy notice about Bob's pocket watch?
(a) It is covered with diamonds.
(b) It is not set to the correct time.
(c) It has a suspicious dent in its case.
(d) It is made of solid gold.

2. What effect does the officer tell Bob that time can have?
(a) It can give a man something new to be loyal to.
(b) It can make a person realize what is really important.
(c) It can gradually erase the feeling of friendship.
(d) It can change a good man into a bad man.

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

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) Come very close to.
(d) Tried and failed to.

5. What causes the officer to suddenly slow down?
(a) One of the businesses has an unlocked door.
(b) He sees a wanted criminal.
(c) He sees Bob.
(d) The streetlight has gone out.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many years separate Bob and Jimmy?

3. What reason does Bob give for falling out of touch with Jimmy?

4. What reason does the waiting man give the police officer for his presence?

5. Before Jimmy leaves Bob, what question does he ask him?

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