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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 10-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the customers turn toward the bank robbers, they see the two men standing in what location?
(a) To the left of the restroom.
(b) To the side of the door.
(c) In front of the bank manager's desk.
(d) Just outside of the bank doors.

2. Immediately after Anders's evocation of a Biblical place, the woman in front of him takes what action?
(a) She sighs.
(b) She turns her back on Anders.
(c) She sucks in her cheeks.
(d) She shrugs.

3. What is Anders's profession in the story "Bullet in the Brain"?
(a) Music critic.
(b) Restaurant critic.
(c) Film critic.
(d) Book critic.

4. What verb is used to describe the way in which the man with the shotgun places the guard's hands behind his back?
(a) Snatch.
(b) Crank.
(c) Pull.
(d) Yank.

5. The man with the pistol calls Anders what kind of "boy" (14)?
(a) Bank.
(b) Naive.
(c) Bright.
(d) Brave.

Short Answer Questions

1. The man with the pistol presses it to whose neck?

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

3. Behind how many women does Anders become "stuck" (1) in the bank queue?

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

5. Who opens the security gate leading to the bank tellers' stations?

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