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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When one of the women in front of Anders speaks to him, she is said to be "confident of his" (2) what?
(a) Disapproval.
(b) Plan.
(c) Agreement.
(d) Accord.

2. What word is used to describe the weight of the man with the shotgun?
(a) Thin.
(b) Fat.
(c) Portly.
(d) Heavy.

3. The man with the pistol presses it to whose neck?
(a) The bank manager.
(b) A customer.
(c) The security guard.
(d) A bank teller.

4. One bank robber is armed with a pistol, while the other is armed with what weapon?
(a) A bottle of chloroform.
(b) A sawed-off shotgun.
(c) A revolver.
(d) A knife.

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

6. What verb is used to describe the fastening of the guard's hands together?
(a) Secure.
(b) Freeze.
(c) Lock.
(d) Safeguard.

7. Who asks the question, "Whose slot is that" (11)?
(a) The bank manager
(b) The man with the shotgun.
(c) The woman in line in front of Anders.
(d) The man with the pistol.

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

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

10. The man with the shotgun moves with "a peculiar" (10) what?
(a) Robotic manner.
(b) Rolling motion.
(c) Slowness.
(d) Limp.

11. The man with the pistol uses what adjective to describe the teller he instructs to fill her bag?
(a) Sly.
(b) Sneaky.
(c) Ugly.
(d) Fat.

12. Once there is a sign within the bank teller's window, she walks to what location?
(a) To the restroom.
(b) To the front of the bank.
(c) To her desk in the lobby.
(d) To the back of the bank.

13. 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.

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

15. The man with the shotgun fastens the guard's hands together using what method?
(a) Zip ties.
(b) Twist ties.
(c) Handcuffs.
(d) Ropes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Anders's profession in the story "Bullet in the Brain"?

2. Against what part of Anders's body does the man with the pistol press his gun?

3. As the bank teller speaks to another bank employee, she takes what stance?

4. In which direction does the man with the shotgun pass the shotgun when he gives it to the other bank robber?

5. To what part of the guard's body does the man with the shotgun strike a blow?

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