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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What language does Wolff use to describe the location where Anders is shot?
(a) In the back of the head.
(b) Right in the head.
(c) Exactly in the head.
(d) Squarely in the head.

3. What object is stated to be much faster than the bullet speeding through Anders's head?
(a) Sound waves.
(b) Memories.
(c) Synaptic lightning.
(d) Brain waves.

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) The man will murder Anders's whole family.
(c) Anders will be no more.
(d) Anders will be history.

5. Anders uses what term to mentally describe the woman in front of him in line who has just spoken to him?
(a) Witch.
(b) Crybaby.
(c) Crone.
(d) Nincompoop.

Short Answer Questions

1. One part of the man with the pistol's body is said to "keep" (20) doing what?

2. Anders is said to take what action "through his fingers" (34) as he apologizes to the man with the pistol?

3. After leaving her position, the bank teller begins to speak to another bank employee who is taking what action?

4. What verb is used to describe the way in which the man with the shotgun places the guard's hands behind his back?

5. What verb is used to describe the movement of Anders's bones after a bullet enters his skull?

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