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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. Who is the author of "After Twenty Years"?
(a) Henry James.
(b) O. Henry.
(c) Edith Wharton.
(d) Katherine Anne Porter.

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

3. What causes the few pedestrians around to hurry "dismally" past Bob (621)?
(a) The weather has gotten worse.
(b) It is almost time for the last businesses to close.
(c) Bob is a suspicious-seeming person.
(d) Bob's obvious wealth.

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

5. Before Jimmy leaves Bob, what question does he ask him?
(a) He asks whether Bob ever spent time in Chicago.
(b) He asks if Bob still considers Jimmy his best friend.
(c) He asks whether Bob is going to keep waiting for Jimmy.
(d) He asks Bob to tell him exactly how he made his money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator mean by the description of the police officer's impressiveness as "habitual and not for show"?

2. What does Jimmy notice about Bob's pocket watch?

3. Why did Bob leave New York?

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

5. What is a logical inference based on the way the officer is twirling his baton?

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