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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Anders sarcastically compares the complaint of the woman in front of him to what medical emergency?
(a) Chopping off the wrong arm.
(b) Chopping off a finger.
(c) Chopping off the wrong leg.
(d) Chopping off an appendage.

2. What two adjectives does Anders use to characterize the conversation of the women ahead of him?
(a) Boring and endless.
(b) Inane and superficial.
(c) Loud and stupid.
(d) Boisterous and enigmatic.

3. Against what part of Anders's body does the man with the pistol press his gun?
(a) The temple.
(b) The back.
(c) The chest.
(d) The stomach.

4. The man with the pistol asks Anders if he has what condition?
(a) If he is slow.
(b) If he is mute.
(c) If he has a hero complex.
(d) If he is deaf.

5. What word is used to describe the weight of the man with the shotgun?
(a) Fat.
(b) Portly.
(c) Heavy.
(d) Thin.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Again with the inclusion of sarcasm in his voice, Anders invokes the name of what Biblical place in response to the woman in front of him in line?

4. Once there is a sign within the bank teller's window, she walks to what location?

5. The women in front of Anders look at the bank teller in what manner when she begins to have a conversation with another bank employee?

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