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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what position is the guard lying after taking a blow from the man with the shotgun?
(a) Lying on his stomach.
(b) Lying on his back.
(c) Sitting.
(d) Kneeling.

2. Anders believes that the creator of the bank's ceiling mural had performed his task with "the utmost" (26) what?
(a) Solemnity.
(b) Gravity.
(c) Hilarity.
(d) Attention to detail.

3. What adjective is used to describe the figures painted on the ceiling of the bank?
(a) Greek.
(b) Mythological.
(c) Roman.
(d) Biblical.

4. Which figure depicted in the bank ceiling mural appears as a bull?
(a) Pan.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Adam.
(d) John the Baptist.

5. What female figure does Anders reflect upon as he is gazing at the bank ceiling?
(a) Eve.
(b) Europa.
(c) Persephone.
(d) The Virgin Mary.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first appearance of the bullet in what part of the brain "set[s] off" (35) a chain reaction?

2. How does the woman respond to Anders's sarcastic manner of speaking to her, according to the narrator?

3. When the customers turn toward the bank robbers, they see the two men standing in what location?

4. Anders muses that at the moment, he "has no choice but to" (26) take what action in relation to the work of the artist responsible for painting the ceiling?

5. The women in front of Anders look at the bank teller in what manner when she begins to have a conversation with another bank employee?

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