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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 29-35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Anders is said to have "conceived his own" (3) what kind of hatred toward the bank teller by the time the woman in front of Anders speaks to him?
(a) Seething.
(b) Icy.
(c) Burning.
(d) Towering.

2. What two adjectives are used to describe the smell Anders detects?
(a) Pleasant and sweet.
(b) Piercing and ammoniac.
(c) Ugly and noxious.
(d) Noxious and overwhelming.

3. What is Anders's profession in the story "Bullet in the Brain"?
(a) Book critic.
(b) Film critic.
(c) Music critic.
(d) Restaurant critic.

4. What phrase does the man with the pistol utter that causes Anders to tell him, "Oh, bravo" (8)?
(a) Dead meat.
(b) Hurry up.
(c) Oh my gosh.
(d) Cement shoes.

5. How does the woman respond to Anders's sarcastic manner of speaking to her, according to the narrator?
(a) She turns tail and runs.
(b) She gets angry.
(c) She goes silent.
(d) She stands her ground.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two adjectives does Anders use to characterize the conversation of the women ahead of him?

2. What question does the man with the pistol ask Anders as he pokes the pistol against Anders's body?

3. When Anders imagines a cartoon bubble emerging from the bull's mouth, what does it say that causes Anders to laugh?

4. Anders is said to have noticed the main quality of the figures on the ceiling how long ago?

5. What female figure does Anders reflect upon as he is gazing at the bank ceiling?

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