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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. What is the most likely reason that Bob does not recognize Jimmy when they are talking?
2. What does Bob's nickname turn out to be?
3. What can logically be inferred about Bob and Jimmy's friendship?
4. What does Jimmy notice about Bob's pocket watch?
5. At the end of the story, what motive for his deception does Jimmy reveal?
Short Essay Questions
1. In the story's beginning, what evidence is there that Jimmy takes pride in his job?
2. 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?
3. How is Bob characterized by the accessories that he carries?
4. What does the note from Jimmy explain to Bob?
5. What is the effect of the passage depicting Bob continuing to wait in the doorway as it begins to rain?
6. What is amusing about the plainclothes officer's answer to Bob's question about whether he is doing well in New York?
7. What is the significance of the similarities and differences in the ways that Bob's and the plainclothes officer's faces are revealed?
8. What causes Bob to finally realize that the plainclothes officer is not Jimmy Wells?
9. What were the circumstances of the agreement Jimmy and Bob made 20 years ago?
10. Why does Bob guess that Jimmy might not be as much of a success as Bob himself has become?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the role of setting in "After Twenty Years." Use textual evidence to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the beliefs about friendship and loyalty conveyed by "After Twenty Years." Use textual evidence to support your ideas.
Essay Topic 3
O. Henry clearly admired New York City police officers. His stories hold them up as examples of humble servants of the public good. Research "Tammany Hall" and then write an essay comparing O. Henry's police officers with the historical reality. Cite all sources in MLA format.
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