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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. One of the robbers' comments reminds Anders of what short story?
(a) "The Chrysanthemums."
(b) "A Good Man is Hard to Find."
(c) "The Killers."
(d) "The Yellow Wallpaper."

3. Who opens the security gate leading to the bank tellers' stations?
(a) The man with the pistol.
(b) The bank manager.
(c) The man with the shotgun.
(d) The head bank teller.

4. Anders is said to take what action at his "leisure" (35) in regard to the scene he witnesses from his past?
(a) Contemplate.
(b) Grieve.
(c) Mourn.
(d) Reflect.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The barrel of the gun is said to have what effect on Anders's body?

2. What adjective is used to describe the ceiling of the bank?

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

4. Who asks the question, "Whose slot is that" (11)?

5. What part of the brain is NOT mentioned as collecting pieces of bone as the bullet destroys Anders's skull?

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