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

2. What is the name of the restaurant that used to be in the spot where the man is waiting?
(a) Bill Broozy's.
(b) "Big Joe" Brady's.
(c) "Diamond Jim" Brady's.
(d) Bill Diamond's.

3. What effect does the officer tell Bob that time can have?
(a) It can change a good man into a bad man.
(b) It can make a person realize what is really important.
(c) It can give a man something new to be loyal to.
(d) It can gradually erase the feeling of friendship.

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 foreshadows his identity.
(c) It creates dramatic irony.
(d) It characterizes him as an observant police officer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes the officer to suddenly slow down?

2. Before Jimmy leaves Bob, what question does he ask him?

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

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

5. What does the narrator say causes Bob to tell officer about his career in the West?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Bob and Jimmy know one another, 20 years ago?

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

3. What surprises Bob about the appearance of the man that he thinks is his old friend, and how does the man explain away Bob's doubts?

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

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

6. Describe the story's opening moments, including its setting.

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

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

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

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

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