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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 purpose of mentioning that everyone who passes Bob has their coat collar turned up?
(a) It explains why Bob does not see Jimmy clearly.
(b) It makes the plainclothes' officer's choice to do the same thing seem less suspicious.
(c) It implies that most people have something to hide.
(d) It underscores that New York is an unfriendly place.

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

3. 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 if Bob still considers Jimmy his best friend.
(c) He asks whether Bob ever spent time in Chicago.
(d) He asks Bob to tell him exactly how he made his money.

4. What is the significance of Jimmy knowing how long ago the restaurant closed?
(a) It confirms Bob's characterization of him as a lover of New York City.
(b) It characterizes him as an observant police officer.
(c) It foreshadows his identity.
(d) It creates dramatic irony.

5. What does Jimmy notice about Bob's pocket watch?
(a) It is made of solid gold.
(b) It is covered with diamonds.
(c) It is not set to the correct time.
(d) It has a suspicious dent in its case.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bob do while he waits for Jimmy?

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

3. What does Bob mean when he describes Jimmy as a "plodder" (620)?

4. What is the most likely reason that Bob does not recognize Jimmy when they are talking?

5. Which element of the physical description of the plainclothes officer functions as foreshadowing?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the plainclothes officer tells Bob "We'll go around to a place I know of, and have a good long talk about old times," (621), what does he mean, and what does Bob likely think he means?

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 were the circumstances of the agreement Jimmy and Bob made 20 years ago?

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

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

6. 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?

7. What causes Bob to finally realize that the plainclothes officer is not Jimmy Wells?

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

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