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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 36-41.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the man with the pistol do with the pistol just before shooting Anders in the head?
(a) He polishes it.
(b) He raises it.
(c) He brandishes it.
(d) He cocks it.

2. What term is used to refer to the relationship between the bank robbers?
(a) Friends.
(b) Pals.
(c) Comrades.
(d) Partners.

3. One element in the chain reaction happening within Anders's brain is named as "ion" (35) what?
(a) Complexities.
(b) Transmissions.
(c) Transports.
(d) Beams.

4. Anders's daughter is a professor of what discipline?
(a) History.
(b) Economics.
(c) Biology.
(d) Literature.

5. Within Anders's one memory, how many times are the words "They is" (41) repeated in the last line of the story?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. The man with the pistol asks Anders if he has what condition?

2. Anders refers to the bank robbers using what phrase?

3. Anders is said to take what action at his "leisure" (35) in regard to the scene he witnesses from his past?

4. What word does the narrator use to refer to Anders's penis within the story?

5. What is NOT described as one of the few tricks "the artist" who created the bank mural had "up his sleeve" (26)?

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