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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What color are the business suits worn by the bank robbers?
(a) Blue.
(b) Brown.
(c) Gray.
(d) White.

3. What phrase does the man with the pistol use in order to tell Anders to be quiet?
(a) Shut up.
(b) Fermez la bouche.
(c) Shut your trap.
(d) Shut your face.

4. The man with the pistol presses it to whose neck?
(a) The security guard.
(b) The bank manager.
(c) A bank teller.
(d) A customer.

5. With what sort of blow does the man with the shotgun strike the guard in a certain part of the guard's body?
(a) A shove.
(b) A punch.
(c) A kick.
(d) A smack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective does Anders add as a qualifier to the name he mentally calls the woman in front of him in line?

2. Who places a sign in one of the bank tellers' windows?

3. Into what position does the man with the shotgun force the security guard?

4. One of the women in front of Anders in the bank line says, "Oh, that's nice" (2) in what manner

5. Immediately after Anders's evocation of a Biblical place, the woman in front of him takes what action?

Short Essay Questions

1. At what time of day does the story take place?

2. What evidence suggests that the robbers are indeed following a script of sorts throughout the robbery?

3. Anders refers to the conflict at the center of the story as what object? Why?

4. What two-word name does the man with the pistol call Anders?

5. What does the man with the sawed-off shotgun do with his weapon when he needs both hands to complete a different task?

6. What is the first turn of phrase used by the man with the pistol that interests Anders and why?

7. For what purpose does the man with the sawed-off shotgun put down his weapon at one point?

8. Contrast Anders's reaction to the bank robbery with the reaction of the woman in front of Anders in line.

9. Provide an account of the chain reaction that leads to Wolff's revelation of the story's main conflict.

10. Describe the setting in the opening of the story "Bullet in the Brain."

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