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• The following version of this story was used to create this Lesson Plan: Wolff, Tobias. The Night in Question: Stories. Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. Original Publication Date of Story: 1995. Print.

• When Anders, the protagonist of the story, arrives at the bank, it is near closing time.

• Anders gets “stuck” in an "endless" line behind two women engaged in a "loud and stupid" (1) conversation.

• Anders is a literary critic by trade and his reviews are said to be conducted with "elegant savagery" (2).

• The line in which Anders waits is so long that it is "doubled around the rope" (2) that defines the queuing area.

• As Anders and the women in front of him watch, one of the tellers puts a "Position Closed" (2) sign at her window before walking to the back of the bank.

• The bank teller then leans against the desk of another bank employee who is shuffling...

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