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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. Why are so few businesses open on the street where the officer is?
2. What is the name of the restaurant that used to be in the spot where the man is waiting?
3. What distinguishing feature does Bob have on his face?
4. What finally reveals the plainclothes officer's face?
5. Which element of the physical description of the plainclothes officer functions as foreshadowing?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. In the story's beginning, what evidence is there that Jimmy takes pride in his job?
3. What is amusing about the plainclothes officer's answer to Bob's question about whether he is doing well in New York?
4. What causes Bob to finally realize that the plainclothes officer is not Jimmy Wells?
5. Why does Bob guess that Jimmy might not be as much of a success as Bob himself has become?
6. What is ironic about the way that Bob describes his old friend to the "policeman" he encounters?
7. Describe the story's opening moments, including its setting.
8. What does the note from Jimmy explain to Bob?
9. 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?
10. How did Bob and Jimmy know one another, 20 years ago?
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 in which you make and defend a claim about the thematic motifs of materialism and greed in "After Twenty Years." Support your ideas with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the use of physical objects to convey character in "After Twenty Years." Support your claims with evidence from the text.
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