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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

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

3. Anders is said to take what action "through his fingers" (34) as he apologizes to the man with the pistol?
(a) Hiccup.
(b) Peer.
(c) Yawn.
(d) Snort.

4. What question does the man with the pistol ask Anders after he has put the pistol against a part of Anders's body?
(a) "What is wrong with you?"
(b) "Are you serious?"
(c) "What's so funny?"
(d) "Are you going to shut up?"

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

6. What term is used to describe the chain reaction that happens within Anders's brain when the bullet hits a particular part of it?
(a) Speeding.
(b) Buzzing.
(c) Frying.
(d) Crackling.

7. When the bank's marble features are named, what is NOT named as being made of marble?
(a) Stairs.
(b) Floors.
(c) Counters.
(d) Pillars.

8. Anders believes that the creator of the bank's ceiling mural had performed his task with "the utmost" (26) what?
(a) Attention to detail.
(b) Gravity.
(c) Solemnity.
(d) Hilarity.

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

10. The memory that emerges within Anders's conscious mind takes place in what season?
(a) Summer.
(b) Spring.
(c) Winter.
(d) Autumn.

11. What part of the brain is NOT mentioned as collecting pieces of bone as the bullet destroys Anders's skull?
(a) The cerebral cortex.
(b) The frontal lobe.
(c) The basal ganglia.
(d) The corpus callosum.

12. What is NOT described as one of the few tricks "the artist" who created the bank mural had "up his sleeve" (26)?
(a) A glint of sunshine on the leaves.
(b) A coy backward glance on the faces of the fauns.
(c) A coy backward glance on the faces of the cupids.
(d) A rosy blush on the underside of the clouds.

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

14. From what location does the bullet exit Anders's head?
(a) From behind his left ear.
(b) From in front of his right ear.
(c) From above his right ear.
(d) From behind his right ear.

15. What part of the man with the pistol's body continues to repeat a particular action?
(a) His leg.
(b) His left eyelid.
(c) His wrist.
(d) His fingers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective is used to describe the shoes of the man with the pistol?

2. One part of the man with the pistol's body is said to "keep" (20) doing what?

3. What gesture does Anders make when he laughs near the end of his life?

4. When the man with the pistol rejects Anders's choice of where to direct his gaze for the second time, toward what object does the man direct Anders's gaze?

5. Between utterances of the word the man with the pistol had just said, Anders invokes the name of what deity?

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