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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 detail reveals Bob's emotions when he discovers that Jimmy has betrayed him?
(a) He curses Jimmy and their friendship.
(b) He lunges at the plainclothes officer.
(c) His hand shakes.
(d) He begins to weep.

2. How does the plainclothes officer get Bob to walk with him?
(a) He says that he lives nearby and they can go have a drink at his apartment.
(b) He arrests him.
(c) He tells him they will go somewhere close by and talk about old times.
(d) He shows him the note from Jimmy.

3. On page 621, Bob uses the slang word "bully." What does this word mean in the context of the story?
(a) Excellent, wonderful.
(b) Someone cruel and threatening.
(c) Someone who uses force to get their way.
(d) A great person, usually a male friend.

4. What causes Bob to realize that the plainclothes officer is not Jimmy?
(a) His hair color.
(b) His nose.
(c) His teeth.
(d) His eye color.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of street is a "pacific thoroughfare" (619)?

2. What criticism does Bob have for New York itself?

3. Where does the plainclothes officer pretending to be Jimmy tell Bob that he works?

4. At what time of night are Bob and Jimmy supposed to meet?

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

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