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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What adjective does Anders add as a qualifier to the name he mentally calls the woman in front of him in line?
(a) Presumptuous.
(b) Boring.
(c) Pessimistic.
(d) Nasty.

2. Anders is unable to get to the bank until "just before" (1) when?
(a) The shift change.
(b) Lunch hour.
(c) Closing time.
(d) Five o'clock.

3. Who says, "Buzz him in" in Paragraph 10?
(a) Anders.
(b) The woman in line in front of Anders.
(c) The man with the shotgun.
(d) The man with the pistol.

4. Anders describes the complaint of the woman in front of him by using what adjective in a sarcastic manner?
(a) Tragic.
(b) Depressing.
(c) Life-changing.
(d) Beautiful.

5. Who opens the security gate leading to the bank tellers' stations?
(a) The bank manager.
(b) The man with the shotgun.
(c) The man with the pistol.
(d) The head bank teller.

6. The object toward which the man with the shotgun moves after striking the guard is located "at the end of" (10) what?
(a) The customer line.
(b) The row of safety deposit boxes.
(c) The velvet ropes.
(d) The counter.

7. Who looks at the misplaced bank teller after someone asks the question, "Whose slot is that" (11)?
(a) The man with the shotgun.
(b) Anders.
(c) The man with the pistol.
(d) The bank manager.

8. Again with the inclusion of sarcasm in his voice, Anders invokes the name of what Biblical place in response to the woman in front of him in line?
(a) Mount Zion.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Hell.
(d) Purgatory.

9. What word is used to describe the weight of the man with the shotgun?
(a) Heavy.
(b) Portly.
(c) Thin.
(d) Fat.

10. What word is used to describe the height of the man with the shotgun?
(a) Tall.
(b) Short.
(c) Squatty.
(d) Average.

11. One of the women in front of Anders in the bank line says, "Oh, that's nice" (2) in what manner
(a) Sincerely.
(b) Sarcastically.
(c) With interest.
(d) Romantically.

12. One bank robber is armed with a pistol, while the other is armed with what weapon?
(a) A revolver.
(b) A bottle of chloroform.
(c) A sawed-off shotgun.
(d) A knife.

13. What color are the ski masks worn by the bank robbers?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Plaid.
(d) Black.

14. When one of the women in front of Anders speaks to him, she is said to be "confident of his" (2) what?
(a) Plan.
(b) Accord.
(c) Disapproval.
(d) Agreement.

15. The man with the shotgun moves with "a peculiar" (10) what?
(a) Slowness.
(b) Rolling motion.
(c) Limp.
(d) Robotic manner.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what part of the guard's body does the man with the shotgun strike a blow?

2. What color are the business suits worn by the bank robbers?

3. How does the woman respond to Anders's sarcastic manner of speaking to her, according to the narrator?

4. In what position is the guard lying after taking a blow from the man with the shotgun?

5. The women in front of Anders look at the bank teller in what manner when she begins to have a conversation with another bank employee?

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