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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 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 a wanted criminal.
(d) He sees Bob.

2. What is it reasonable to infer is the officer's motive in listening to Bob "with interest" (621)?
(a) Bob might reveal evidence.
(b) The officer is pretending to be Jimmy.
(c) The officer is a curious person.
(d) Bob is an interesting speaker.

3. What does the plainclothes officer hand to Bob?
(a) The "Wanted" poster with his face on it.
(b) An arrest warrant.
(c) A note from Jimmy.
(d) A card with his Miranda rights printed on it.

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

5. What hope does Bob express about Jimmy?
(a) That he has not been as successful as Bob himself has been.
(b) That he has married and started a family.
(c) That he has found a job that makes him both proud and happy.
(d) That he has also had success.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can logically be inferred about Jimmy's question about whether Bob and Jimmy kept in touch?

2. Why are there so few people on the streets?

3. What finally reveals the plainclothes officer's face?

4. How does the plainclothes officer get Bob to walk with him?

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

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