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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 is a humble and modest person.
(d) The police officer knows that people are watching him.

2. Why are so few businesses open on the street where the officer is?
(a) The city curfew means there are few customers.
(b) The area is very poor.
(c) It is past midnight.
(d) The businesses keep early hours.

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

4. What is the first thing that Bob notices about the plainclothes officer he thinks is Jimmy?
(a) The man seems to be trying to hide his face.
(b) The man is taller than he thought Jimmy was.
(c) The man does not seem to recognize the nickname that Bob gave Jimmy.
(d) The man's voice is lower than he remember's Jimmy's being.

5. On page 621, Bob uses the slang word "bully." What does this word mean in the context of the story?
(a) A great person, usually a male friend.
(b) Excellent, wonderful.
(c) Someone cruel and threatening.
(d) Someone who uses force to get their way.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bob mean when he describes Jimmy as a "plodder" (620)?

2. What regret does the plainclothes officer express while he is pretending to be Jimmy?

3. What hope does Bob express about Jimmy?

4. What detail reveals Bob's emotions when he discovers that Jimmy has betrayed him?

5. In his explanation of what has happened, what is the first thing that Jimmy wants to be sure Bob knows?

(see the answer key)

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