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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 say causes Bob to tell officer about his career in the West?
(a) The officer asks him about it.
(b) His ego.
(c) He is trying to fill an awkward silence.
(d) His suspicions about the officer's identity.

2. What is the most likely reason that Bob does not recognize Jimmy when they are talking?
(a) It is too dark.
(b) He is too busy trying to hide his own identity from the police officer.
(c) He does not really remember what Jimmy looks like.
(d) He expects Jimmy to be a rich, successful man like himself.

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

4. How long does Bob wait for Jimmy after he speaks with the police officer?
(a) 15 minutes.
(b) 10 minutes.
(c) 20 minutes.
(d) 5 minutes.

5. What does Bob's nickname turn out to be?
(a) "Slippery" Bob.
(b) "Betting" Bob.
(c) "Silky" Bob.
(d) "Bully" Bob.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jimmy notice about Bob's pocket watch?

2. Why are so few businesses open on the street where the officer is?

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

4. What is the clearest purpose of describing the plainclothes officer as "submerged in his overcoat" (621)?

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

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