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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What consequence does the man with the pistol say he will dole out if Anders takes a certain action?
(a) Anders will be no more.
(b) The man will murder Anders's whole family.
(c) Anders will be history.
(d) The man will fit Anders with a pair of cement shoes.

2. Anders muses that at the moment, he "has no choice but to" (26) take what action in relation to the work of the artist responsible for painting the ceiling?
(a) Scrutinize.
(b) Celebrate.
(c) Examine.
(d) Regard.

3. What is NOT a way in which the man with the pistol's eyes are described?
(a) Cloudy.
(b) Red-rimmed.
(c) Blue.
(d) Pale.

4. Who asks Anders whether he considers them "comical" (29)?
(a) The bank manager.
(b) The man with the shotgun.
(c) The man with the pistol.
(d) The woman in front of him in line.

5. What kind of shoes is the man with the pistol wearing?
(a) Moccasins.
(b) Oxfords.
(c) Wing-tips.
(d) Loafers.

6. What two adjectives are used to describe the smell Anders detects?
(a) Ugly and noxious.
(b) Noxious and overwhelming.
(c) Piercing and ammoniac.
(d) Pleasant and sweet.

7. What adjective is used to describe the figures painted on the ceiling of the bank?
(a) Mythological.
(b) Biblical.
(c) Greek.
(d) Roman.

8. What word does the man with the pistol utter after he states Anders's consequence for a certain action?
(a) Comprende.
(b) Capiche.
(c) Revoir.
(d) Sayonara.

9. How many "feet per second" (35) is the bullet said to be moving after it strikes a particular object?
(a) 400.
(b) 60.
(c) 900.
(d) 90.

10. In what manner does Anders perform a particular action "through his fingers" (34)?
(a) Quietly.
(b) Foolishly.
(c) Helplessly.
(d) Carelessly.

11. How many questions does the man with the pistol ask Anders before Anders answers "No" the first time (30)?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

12. What adjective is NOT used to describe the pace of the bullet, in comparison to the speed of a different object?
(a) Sluggish.
(b) Pitiful.
(c) Glacial.
(d) Pathetic.

13. What verb is used to describe the way in which the bullet travels through Anders's brain?
(a) Flew.
(b) Sped.
(c) Raged.
(d) Ploughed.

14. How many times in total does Anders repeat the word uttered by the man with the pistol just before Anders is shot?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

15. The man with the pistol asks Anders whether Anders thinks that the man is "some kind of" (29) what?
(a) Idiot.
(b) Clown.
(c) Creep.
(d) Patsy.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what location does the bullet exit Anders's head?

2. The man with the pistol tells Anders that if Anders takes what action, the man will dole out a consequence?

3. What part of the brain is NOT mentioned as collecting pieces of bone as the bullet destroys Anders's skull?

4. The man with the pistol offers to allow Anders to perform what type of favor for him?

5. Anders believes that the creator of the bank's ceiling mural had performed his task with "the utmost" (26) what?

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