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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 36-41.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what manner are the customers said to turn toward the bank robbers?
(a) Slowly.
(b) Cautiously.
(c) Instantly.
(d) Reluctantly.

3. What adjective is NOT used to describe the pace of the bullet, in comparison to the speed of a different object?
(a) Pathetic.
(b) Pitiful.
(c) Sluggish.
(d) Glacial.

4. When Anders imagines a cartoon bubble emerging from the bull's mouth, what does it say that causes Anders to laugh?
(a) Moo.
(b) Oh, baby.
(c) Come hither.
(d) Hubba hubba.

5. 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) Loneliness.
(c) Unease.
(d) Nostalgia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many policemen attack Anders at an anti-war rally?

2. What language does Wolff use to describe the location where Anders is shot?

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

4. Anders sarcastically compares the complaint of the woman in front of him to what medical emergency?

5. The narrator states that there is "gilt scrollwork" (26) over what feature of the bank?

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