After Twenty Years By O. Henry

TEK 6(A) 1. The setting is important to the plot because it is where-

• A. Bob spent the last 20 Years of his life. 
• B. Jimmy and Bob parted twenty year ago in their youth and planned to meet again twenty years later. 
• C. Bob ran from the Chicago police to evade arrest. 
• D. Jimmy walks his nightly beat. 

TEK 6(B) 2. What is Jimmy's motivation for asking Bob "Going to call time on him sharp!" on page 202 of the story? 

• He wants to know if Bob will wait for his friend or if he will leave right away. 
• B. He wants to know if Bob truly is loyal to his friend and will wait around for him or if he is full of hot air. 
• C.  He knows Bob is wanted in Chicago and he is checking if he has enough time to  get another police officer to arrest him. 
• He is checking to see how long Bob plans on hanging around to see if he can take him to lunch when he is done. 

TEK 6(B) How does Bob say he earned his fortune in the west? 

• He stole it and now is wanted by the police.
• He dug for gold in California and now is rich
• He worked hard a career and now was successful and rich. 
• He competed with the shartpest wits and razor -edge to make his pile in the west. 

TEK 8(A) What is the mood in the beginning of the story.

• Blissful
• excited
• Joyful
• somber

TEK 8(A) How does the mood of the story change when Bob meets Jimmy Wells on page 203. 

• Hopeful to excited. 
• Hopeful to glum
• Hopeful to joyless
• Hopeful to gloomy

TEK 6(B) 7. What detail does Bob notice about Jimmy that is different from before? 

• His hair has gotten grey. 
• His teeth are rotten.
• He has gotten fatter. 
• He is two to three inches taller. 

TEK 6(C) 8. What Point of view is this story told from? 

• Third person 
• first person Bob point of view
• 2nd person
• first person Jimmy's point of view

TEK 6 Fig 19D 9 Why didn't Jimmy arrest Bob at the beginning of the story? 

• He did not have his equipment with him. 
• He was not one duty so he could not arrest him at that time. 
• He new he was a criminal but he struggled with arresting someone who was like a brother to him so he got a plain clothes man to do it. 
• He was to ashamed to arrest his friend so he did not do it himself. 

TEK 6 Fig19D 9. Bob know that the man he is walking with is now Jimmy once he sees him.  How does he determine that this man is not Jimmy Wells? 

• Jimmy Wells was Caucasian and the man was African American.
• Jimmy Wells had blue eyes and the man had brown eyes
• Jimmy Wells had dimples and the man had none.
• Jimmy Wells had a Roman noes and the man had a pug noes

TEK 6 19D 10 Why had the man tricked Bob.

• Bob was wanted in Chicago and, he was a detective so he arrested him.
• He wanted to get him off the streets
• He was doing Patrolman Wells a favor by getting him arrested. 
• He wanted to get him to the drugstore and away from the dark street so he could see his face.