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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 one of the women in front of Anders speaks to him, she is said to be "confident of his" (2) what?
(a) Accord.
(b) Plan.
(c) Disapproval.
(d) Agreement.

2. After striking the guard, the man with the shotgun moves toward what object?
(a) The employee lockers.
(b) The front door.
(c) The vault door.
(d) The security gate.

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?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Purgatory.
(c) Mount Zion.
(d) Hell.

4. Who places a sign in one of the bank tellers' windows?
(a) A bank teller.
(b) The man with the pistol.
(c) The security guard.
(d) The bank manager.

5. After leaving her position, the bank teller begins to speak to another bank employee who is taking what action?
(a) Crunching numbers.
(b) Shuffling papers.
(c) Helping a customer.
(d) Lighting a cigarette.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Anders's profession in the story "Bullet in the Brain"?

2. The woman in front of Anders in line looks at Anders with what type of eyes in Paragraph 9?

3. What adjective is used to describe the line Anders faces when he gets to the bank?

4. What gesture does the misplaced bank teller make before she answers the query about her "slot" (11)?

5. What verb is used to describe the fastening of the guard's hands together?

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