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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The figures painted on the bank ceiling are wearing what garments of clothing?
(a) Evening gowns.
(b) Nightshirts.
(c) Togas.
(d) Burlap dresses.

2. The man with the pistol uses what adjective to describe the teller he instructs to fill her bag?
(a) Fat.
(b) Sly.
(c) Sneaky.
(d) Ugly.

3. The woman in front of Anders in line looks at Anders with what type of eyes in Paragraph 9?
(a) Murderous.
(b) Drowning.
(c) Questioning.
(d) Pleading.

4. What is said to come "over the bank" (6) just after all of the customers turn?
(a) A silence.
(b) A trance.
(c) A helicopter.
(d) A hush.

5. What female figure does Anders reflect upon as he is gazing at the bank ceiling?
(a) The Virgin Mary.
(b) Persephone.
(c) Eve.
(d) Europa.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is NOT a way in which the man with the pistol's eyes are described?

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

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

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