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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. Once inside the brain, the bullet is said to come "under the mediation of" what kind of "time" (35)?
(a) Heaven time.
(b) White light time.
(c) Death time.
(d) Brain time.

2. What verb is used to describe the movement of Anders's bones after a bullet enters his skull?
(a) Spread.
(b) Sprayed.
(c) Flew.
(d) Scattered.

3. 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 rosy blush on the underside of the clouds.
(c) A coy backward glance on the faces of the fauns.
(d) A coy backward glance on the faces of the cupids.

4. The figures painted on the bank ceiling are wearing what garments of clothing?
(a) Evening gowns.
(b) Burlap dresses.
(c) Togas.
(d) Nightshirts.

5. Anders is said to take what action at his "leisure" (35) in regard to the scene he witnesses from his past?
(a) Grieve.
(b) Mourn.
(c) Reflect.
(d) Contemplate.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many questions does the man with the pistol ask Anders before Anders answers "No" the second time?

2. The memory that emerges within Anders's conscious mind takes place during what time of day?

3. What does the man with the pistol do with the pistol just before shooting Anders in the head?

4. The origin of the memory that arises within Anders's conscious mind is described with the use of what adjective?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How many years ago had the event at the center of Anders's one witnessed memory taken place?

2. What goal does Anders have in mind when staring into the eyes of the man with the pistol?

3. What season and time of day are portrayed within Anders's one witnessed memory?

4. What is the overall subject of the mural painted upon the bank's ceiling?

5. What factors lead to the memory from "forty years past" (35) being called up rather than another memory?

6. Wolff compares the speeds of what two objects within Paragraph 35?

7. Where are the entrance and exit wounds inflicted by the bullet to Anders's head?

8. Discuss an instance of irony within the story.

9. To what question does Anders answer, "No" in Paragraph 20 before he fights to maintain decorum?

10. What is ironic about the mural artist's portrayal of the story of Zeus and Europa?

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