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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main quality of the figures painted on the bank ceiling, according to Anders?
(a) Ugliness.
(b) An amateurish quality.
(c) Humor.
(d) An unfinished quality.

2. What verb is used to describe the fastening of the guard's hands together?
(a) Lock.
(b) Secure.
(c) Freeze.
(d) Safeguard.

3. One bank robber is armed with a pistol, while the other is armed with what weapon?
(a) A revolver.
(b) A bottle of chloroform.
(c) A knife.
(d) A sawed-off shotgun.

4. 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) Celebrate.
(b) Regard.
(c) Examine.
(d) Scrutinize.

5. What part of the man with the pistol's body continues to repeat a particular action?
(a) His wrist.
(b) His fingers.
(c) His leg.
(d) His left eyelid.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Immediately after Anders's evocation of a Biblical place, the woman in front of him takes what action?

3. What phrase does the man with the pistol utter that causes Anders to tell him, "Oh, bravo" (8)?

4. Which figure depicted in the bank ceiling mural appears as a cow?

5. The man with the pistol calls Anders what kind of "boy" (14)?

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