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

2. How did the police discover that Bob was in New York?
(a) The bus driver that brought Bob to New York recognized him from a "Wanted" poster.
(b) The police in Chicago wired the information to them.
(c) A business rival spotted Bob in New York.
(d) Jimmy told them about his appointment with Bob.

3. How long does Bob wait for Jimmy after he speaks with the police officer?
(a) 15 minutes.
(b) 5 minutes.
(c) 20 minutes.
(d) 10 minutes.

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

5. Bob's eyes are described as "keen" (620). What does this description of his eyes communicate about his character?
(a) He is cold and analytical.
(b) He is carefree.
(c) He is mentally alert.
(d) He is unethical.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Jimmy notice about the pin of Bob's scarf?

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

4. Why are so few businesses open on the street where the officer is?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

5. 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?

6. In the story's beginning, what evidence is there that Jimmy takes pride in his job?

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

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

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

10. 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?

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