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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. How many years separate Bob and Jimmy?
(a) 6.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 0.

2. What is logical to infer about the officer asking about Bob's identity "doubtfully" (621)?
(a) He does not fully trust Jimmy Wells.
(b) He is not sure that he and Jimmy are doing the right thing.
(c) He is an insecure and hesitant person.
(d) He wants to seem like he is not already sure of Bob's identity.

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

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

5. What causes Bob to realize that the plainclothes officer is not Jimmy?
(a) His teeth.
(b) His eye color.
(c) His hair color.
(d) His nose.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the plainclothes officer hand to Bob?

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

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

4. What causes Jimmy to comment that Bob seems to have become a success in the West?

5. How did the police discover that Bob was in New York?

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