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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 most likely reason that Bob does not recognize Jimmy when they are talking?
(a) He is too busy trying to hide his own identity from the police officer.
(b) It is too dark.
(c) He expects Jimmy to be a rich, successful man like himself.
(d) He does not really remember what Jimmy looks like.

2. On page 621, Bob uses the slang word "bully." What does this word mean in the context of the story?
(a) A great person, usually a male friend.
(b) Excellent, wonderful.
(c) Someone who uses force to get their way.
(d) Someone cruel and threatening.

3. What is a logical inference based on the way the officer is twirling his baton?
(a) He is bored.
(b) He is expecting trouble.
(c) He is in a good mood.
(d) He is trying to impress people.

4. 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 does not remember when the last time he heard from Bob was.
(c) He wants to know if Bob realizes that he deliberately stopped writing to him.
(d) He wonders why Bob stopped writing to him.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the only reason that Bob can imagine Jimmy not showing up?

4. What causes the officer to suddenly slow down?

5. At what time of night are Bob and Jimmy supposed to meet?

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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. 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?

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