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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question does the man with the pistol ask Anders after he has put the pistol against a part of Anders's body?
(a) "Are you serious?"
(b) "Are you going to shut up?"
(c) "What is wrong with you?"
(d) "What's so funny?"

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

3. The origin of the memory that arises within Anders's conscious mind is described with the use of what adjective?
(a) Random.
(b) Chaotic.
(c) Peculiar.
(d) Unusual.

4. Just before the man with the pistol prods Anders with the gun once again, Anders begins "to develop a sense of" (20) what?
(a) Terror.
(b) Unease.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Nostalgia.

5. The physical bodies of the figures on the ceiling are described using what adjective?
(a) Sullen.
(b) Fleshy.
(c) Alive.
(d) Vibrant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times in total does Anders repeat the word uttered by the man with the pistol just before Anders is shot?

2. What term is used to refer to the bone parts damaged by the bullet entering Anders's head?

3. What adjective does Anders add as a qualifier to the name he mentally calls the woman in front of him in line?

4. What is Anders's reaction to the word the man utters after he states Anders's consequence for a certain action?

5. Again with the inclusion of sarcasm in his voice, Anders invokes the name of what Biblical place in response to the woman in front of him in line?

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