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

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 wants to seem like he is not already sure of Bob's identity.
(d) He is an insecure and hesitant person.

3. The narrator says, on page 619, that something has "well nigh depeopled the streets." In this context, what does the phrase "well nigh" mean?
(a) Slowly.
(b) Completely.
(c) Come very close to.
(d) Tried and failed to.

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

5. What causes Jimmy to comment that Bob seems to have become a success in the West?
(a) Bob's comment about the size of the West and all of its opportunities.
(b) Bob's expensive clothing and grooming.
(c) Bob's description of his business in Chicago.
(d) Bob's fancy watch and scarfpin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect does the officer tell Bob that time can have?

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

3. Why did Bob leave New York?

4. How many years separate Bob and Jimmy?

5. What does Jimmy notice about the pin of Bob's scarf?

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