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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 curfew.
(c) Enforcing the city's noise ordinance.
(d) Searching for a wanted criminal.

2. What does Bob do while he waits for Jimmy?
(a) Counts his money.
(b) Hums a song.
(c) Polishes his scarfpin.
(d) Smokes his cigar.

3. When Bob describes Jimmy as the "staunchest" man in the world, what does this show that Bob believes about Jimmy?
(a) He is persistent.
(b) He is ethical.
(c) He is loyal.
(d) He is emotional.

4. Which element of the physical description of the plainclothes officer functions as foreshadowing?
(a) His voice.
(b) His hat.
(c) The color of his overcoat.
(d) His height.

5. What can logically be inferred about Jimmy's question about whether Bob and Jimmy kept in touch?
(a) He is unsure if the man he is talking to really is his old friend.
(b) He wonders why Bob stopped writing to him.
(c) He wants to know if Bob realizes that he deliberately stopped writing to him.
(d) He does not remember when the last time he heard from Bob was.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the author of "After Twenty Years"?

3. What does Bob's nickname turn out to be?

4. What does the plainclothes officer hand to Bob?

5. What detail reveals Bob's emotions when he discovers that Jimmy has betrayed him?

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