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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 duty is the police officer performing in the opening of the story?
(a) Checking doors to make sure they are locked.
(b) Enforcing the city's noise ordinance.
(c) Enforcing the city's curfew.
(d) Searching for a wanted criminal.

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

3. On page 621, how does the reader learn that the first police officer was actually Jimmy?
(a) The narrator describes "the patrolman" waiting around the corner as his "oldest friend" is arrested.
(b) The plainclothes officer refers to him as "Patrolman Wells."
(c) Jimmy himself explains his identity.
(d) The plainclothes officer reveals his true identity to Bob.

4. What criticism does Bob have for New York itself?
(a) It is corrupt.
(b) It is crowded.
(c) It is full of snobs.
(d) It dulls the mind.

5. At what time of night are Bob and Jimmy supposed to meet?
(a) 10 p.m.
(b) 11 p.m.
(c) 9 p.m.
(d) Midnight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes the officer to suddenly slow down?

2. At the end of the story, what motive for his deception does Jimmy reveal?

3. What does the narrator say causes Bob to tell officer about his career in the West?

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

5. What regret does the plainclothes officer express while he is pretending to be Jimmy?

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