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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. On page 621, how does the plainclothes officer refer to his meeting with Bob?
2. What causes Bob to realize that the plainclothes officer is not Jimmy?
3. At what time of night are Bob and Jimmy supposed to meet?
4. Why have the two men set this particular meeting time?
5. The narrator says, on page 619, that something has "well nigh depeopled the streets." In this context, what does the phrase "well nigh" mean?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the note from Jimmy explain to Bob?
2. How is Bob characterized by the accessories that he carries?
3. What is the significance of the similarities and differences in the ways that Bob's and the plainclothes officer's faces are revealed?
4. 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?
5. 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?
6. What is appropriate about the plainclothes officer greeting Bob with the line "It's Bob, sure as fate" (621)?
7. What causes Bob to finally realize that the plainclothes officer is not Jimmy Wells?
8. In the story's beginning, what evidence is there that Jimmy takes pride in his job?
9. How does the introduction of Bob's character contrast with the introduction of Jimmy's character?
10. What is ironic about the way that Bob describes his old friend to the "policeman" he encounters?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that uses psychological research to defend a thesis about environment and morality. Be sure to cite your sources in MLA format.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that explores the significance of Jimmy's note at the end of "After Twenty Years." How does it advance the plot? How does it add entertainment value to the story? Is it congruous with the earlier characterization of Jimmy? How does it impact theme? Support your ideas with evidence from the text, including quoted evidence from the letter itself.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about diction in "After Twenty Years." Be sure that your essay goes beyond labeling types of diction and noting the effect of particular word choices; you should establish a claim in the beginning of your essay about the significance of patterns of diction choices to the meaning or impact of the text as a whole. Use quoted textual evidence to support your arguments.
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