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

2. What kind of street is a "pacific thoroughfare" (619)?
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Crowded.
(c) Ominous.
(d) Wet.

3. What reason does the waiting man give the police officer for his presence?
(a) He is trying to stay out of the rain.
(b) He is waiting for a friend.
(c) He is lost.
(d) He thought that the business would be open.

4. Where does the plainclothes officer pretending to be Jimmy tell Bob that he works?
(a) He is a police officer.
(b) He is in business downtown.
(c) He works for the city of New York.
(d) He owns a nearby restaurant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 621, how does the reader learn that the first police officer was actually Jimmy?

2. According to Bob, why did Jimmy stay in New York?

3. What does Bob do while he waits for Jimmy?

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

5. What duty is the police officer performing in the opening of the story?

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