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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question does the man with the pistol ask Anders as he pokes the pistol against Anders's body?
(a) What do we have here?
(b) You a tough guy?
(c) You think I'm playing games?
(d) You looking for a fight?

2. Anders refers to the bank robbers using what phrase?
(a) The ignorant classes.
(b) The brutish classes.
(c) The lower classes.
(d) The dangerous classes.

3. How does the woman respond to Anders's sarcastic manner of speaking to her, according to the narrator?
(a) She goes silent.
(b) She turns tail and runs.
(c) She gets angry.
(d) She stands her ground.

4. Into what position does the man with the shotgun force the security guard?
(a) To his knees.
(b) Into the fetal position.
(c) To his feet.
(d) Into a seated position.

5. What is said to come "over the bank" (6) just after all of the customers turn?
(a) A silence.
(b) A helicopter.
(c) A trance.
(d) A hush.

6. With what sort of blow does the man with the shotgun strike the guard in a certain part of the guard's body?
(a) A punch.
(b) A shove.
(c) A kick.
(d) A smack.

7. After striking the guard, the man with the shotgun moves toward what object?
(a) The vault door.
(b) The employee lockers.
(c) The front door.
(d) The security gate.

8. After leaving her position, the bank teller begins to speak to another bank employee who is taking what action?
(a) Helping a customer.
(b) Lighting a cigarette.
(c) Shuffling papers.
(d) Crunching numbers.

9. What action does the man with the shotgun take the first time he makes physical contact with the security guard?
(a) He puts the guard in a headlock.
(b) He pushes the guard.
(c) He stabs the guard.
(d) He punches the guard.

10. What adjective does Anders add as a qualifier to the name he mentally calls the woman in front of him in line?
(a) Pessimistic.
(b) Nasty.
(c) Presumptuous.
(d) Boring.

11. What adjective is used to describe the line Anders faces when he gets to the bank?
(a) Short.
(b) Endless.
(c) Jagged.
(d) Long.

12. In which direction does the man with the shotgun pass the shotgun when he gives it to the other bank robber?
(a) Around.
(b) Over.
(c) Up.
(d) Down.

13. What word is used to describe the height of the man with the shotgun?
(a) Short.
(b) Tall.
(c) Average.
(d) Squatty.

14. 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) Towering.
(b) Icy.
(c) Burning.
(d) Seething.

15. Anders is unable to get to the bank until "just before" (1) when?
(a) Closing time.
(b) Lunch hour.
(c) The shift change.
(d) Five o'clock.

Short Answer Questions

1. When one of the women in front of Anders speaks to him, she is said to be "confident of his" (2) what?

2. What verb is used to describe the fastening of the guard's hands together?

3. One bank robber is armed with a pistol, while the other is armed with what weapon?

4. In what manner are the customers said to turn toward the bank robbers?

5. Who says, "Buzz him in" in Paragraph 10?

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