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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What part of the brain is NOT mentioned as collecting pieces of bone as the bullet destroys Anders's skull?
(a) The cerebral cortex.
(b) The basal ganglia.
(c) The corpus callosum.
(d) The frontal lobe.

3. The man with the pistol calls Anders what kind of "boy" (14)?
(a) Brave.
(b) Bright.
(c) Bank.
(d) Naive.

4. What consequence does the man with the pistol say he will dole out if Anders takes a certain action?
(a) The man will fit Anders with a pair of cement shoes.
(b) Anders will be history.
(c) Anders will be no more.
(d) The man will murder Anders's whole family.

5. Who asks Anders whether he considers them "comical" (29)?
(a) The woman in front of him in line.
(b) The bank manager.
(c) The man with the shotgun.
(d) The man with the pistol.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the robbers' comments reminds Anders of what short story?

2. The line in which Anders is waiting is said to be "doubled around the" (2) what?

3. Between utterances of the word the man with the pistol had just said, Anders invokes the name of what deity?

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

5. What object is stated to be much faster than the bullet speeding through Anders's head?

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