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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 20-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Anders muses that at the moment, he "has no choice but to" (26) take what action in relation to the work of the artist responsible for painting the ceiling?
(a) Regard.
(b) Examine.
(c) Celebrate.
(d) Scrutinize.

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

3. Behind how many women does Anders become "stuck" (1) in the bank queue?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) Several.

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

5. Which figure depicted in the bank ceiling mural appears as a cow?
(a) Europa.
(b) Pandora.
(c) Eve.
(d) Persephone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who looks at the misplaced bank teller after someone asks the question, "Whose slot is that" (11)?

2. When the man with the pistol rejects Anders's choice of where to direct his gaze for the second time, toward what object does the man direct Anders's gaze?

3. The object toward which the man with the shotgun moves after striking the guard is located "at the end of" (10) what?

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

5. As the bank teller speaks to another bank employee, she takes what stance?

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