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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 is the main quality of the figures painted on the bank ceiling, according to Anders?
(a) An amateurish quality.
(b) Humor.
(c) Ugliness.
(d) An unfinished quality.

2. 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?
(a) With questioning eyes.
(b) In a silent plea.
(c) Suspiciously.
(d) With hatred.

3. Anders is said to have "conceived his own" (3) what kind of hatred toward the bank teller by the time the woman in front of Anders speaks to him?
(a) Seething.
(b) Burning.
(c) Icy.
(d) Towering.

4. What term is used to refer to the bone parts damaged by the bullet entering Anders's head?
(a) Shards.
(b) Knives.
(c) Particles.
(d) Shreds.

5. The first appearance of the bullet in what part of the brain "set[s] off" (35) a chain reaction?
(a) The thalamus.
(b) The ganglia.
(c) The cerebrum.
(d) The hypothalamus.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Anders turns down the man with the pistol's offer, the man with the pistol says, "Then, stop" (23) what?

2. What is Anders's reply to the question he is asked by the man with the pistol?

3. Which figure depicted in the bank ceiling mural appears as a cow?

4. The origin of the memory that arises within Anders's conscious mind is described with the use of what adjective?

5. Who asks Anders whether he considers them "comical" (29)?

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