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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. 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) Come very close to.
(b) Completely.
(c) Tried and failed to.
(d) Slowly.

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

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

4. What is the most likely reason that Bob does not recognize Jimmy when they are talking?
(a) It is too dark.
(b) He is too busy trying to hide his own identity from the police officer.
(c) He expects Jimmy to be a rich, successful man like himself.
(d) He does not really remember what Jimmy looks like.

5. What finally reveals the plainclothes officer's face?
(a) The headlights of an approaching police car.
(b) The flame from a match.
(c) A streetlight.
(d) The light from an open business.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why have the two men set this particular meeting time?

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

3. What is it reasonable to infer is the officer's motive in listening to Bob "with interest" (621)?

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

5. What aspect of his success does Bob take particular pride in?

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