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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. Which element of the physical description of the plainclothes officer functions as foreshadowing?
2. What detail reveals Bob's emotions when he discovers that Jimmy has betrayed him?
3. According to Bob, why did Jimmy stay in New York?
4. What causes the few pedestrians around to hurry "dismally" past Bob (621)?
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 were the circumstances of the agreement Jimmy and Bob made 20 years ago?
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. 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?
4. How is Bob characterized by the accessories that he carries?
5. What is the effect of the passage depicting Bob continuing to wait in the doorway as it begins to rain?
6. What is appropriate about the plainclothes officer greeting Bob with the line "It's Bob, sure as fate" (621)?
7. What is ironic about the way that Bob describes his old friend to the "policeman" he encounters?
8. What causes Bob to finally realize that the plainclothes officer is not Jimmy Wells?
9. In the story's beginning, what evidence is there that Jimmy takes pride in his job?
10. What does the note from Jimmy explain to Bob?
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 beliefs about friendship and loyalty conveyed by "After Twenty Years." Use textual evidence to support your ideas.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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