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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 verb is used to describe the fastening of the guard's hands together?
(a) Safeguard.
(b) Freeze.
(c) Lock.
(d) Secure.

2. What verb is used to describe the way in which the bullet travels through Anders's brain?
(a) Raged.
(b) Flew.
(c) Sped.
(d) Ploughed.

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

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

5. Within Anders's one memory, what sound does he associate with leaning against a tree?
(a) The whirring of insects.
(b) The hum of the field lights.
(c) The crack of a bat against a ball.
(d) The warnings of rattlesnakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name had Anders's first lover called his penis?

2. What is the setting of the one memory Anders recalls in his last moments?

3. Which figure depicted in the bank ceiling mural appears as a cow?

4. One element in the chain reaction happening within Anders's brain is named as "ion" (35) what?

5. What part of the brain is NOT mentioned as collecting pieces of bone as the bullet destroys Anders's skull?

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