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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 gesture does Anders make when he laughs near the end of his life?
(a) He covers his mouth with both hands.
(b) He crosses his arms.
(c) He holds his stomach.
(d) He puts his hands in his pockets.

2. Anders's first lover is said to have exhibited what sort of "carnality" (36)?
(a) Unembarrassed.
(b) Natural.
(c) Raw.
(d) Prim.

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

4. Anders uses what term to mentally describe the woman in front of him in line who has just spoken to him?
(a) Witch.
(b) Nincompoop.
(c) Crybaby.
(d) Crone.

5. Just before the man with the pistol prods Anders with the gun once again, Anders begins "to develop a sense of" (20) what?
(a) Terror.
(b) Loneliness.
(c) Unease.
(d) Nostalgia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term is used to describe the bags handed to the bank tellers?

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

3. Hearing his professor speaking in a language other than English elicits what response in Anders?

4. The man with the shotgun moves with "a peculiar" (10) what?

5. What verb is used to describe the way in which a robber walks along the line of bank tellers?

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