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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only reason that Bob can imagine Jimmy not showing up?
(a) He cannot get away from work.
(b) He has forgotten Bob.
(c) He no longer lives in New York.
(d) He is dead.

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

3. How many years separate Bob and Jimmy?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 0.

4. What does the narrator mean by the description of the police officer's impressiveness as "habitual and not for show"?
(a) The police officer is stuck in a rut and always does things the same way.
(b) The police officer is not trying to show off.
(c) The police officer is a humble and modest person.
(d) The police officer knows that people are watching him.

5. What does Jimmy notice about the pin of Bob's scarf?
(a) It contains a large diamond.
(b) It has been reported as stolen property.
(c) It is made from mother-of-pearl.
(d) It is the one that he gave Bob 20 years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. The police officer's is described as "stalwart" (619). What kind of man does this mean he is?

2. What reason does the waiting man give the police officer for his presence?

3. Bob's eyes are described as "keen" (620). What does this description of his eyes communicate about his character?

4. Why did Bob leave New York?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is ironic about the way that Bob describes his old friend to the "policeman" he encounters?

2. What is the significance of the similarities and differences in the ways that Bob's and the plainclothes officer's faces are revealed?

3. What is the effect of the passage depicting Bob continuing to wait in the doorway as it begins to rain?

4. How is Bob characterized by the accessories that he carries?

5. Why does Jimmy, in his role as the police officer, ask Bob if he is going to keep waiting for his friend to show up?

6. What does the note from Jimmy explain to Bob?

7. What is appropriate about the plainclothes officer greeting Bob with the line "It's Bob, sure as fate" (621)?

8. How does the introduction of Bob's character contrast with the introduction of Jimmy's character?

9. What is amusing about the plainclothes officer's answer to Bob's question about whether he is doing well in New York?

10. Why does Bob guess that Jimmy might not be as much of a success as Bob himself has become?

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