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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What term is used to refer to the relationship between the bank robbers?
(a) Pals.
(b) Partners.
(c) Comrades.
(d) Friends.

3. What term is used to describe the bags handed to the bank tellers?
(a) Grocery.
(b) Garbage.
(c) Plastic.
(d) Hefty.

4. 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 shove.
(b) A punch.
(c) A kick.
(d) A smack.

5. What two adjectives does Anders use to characterize the conversation of the women ahead of him?
(a) Boring and endless.
(b) Loud and stupid.
(c) Inane and superficial.
(d) Boisterous and enigmatic.

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

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

8. The narrator characterizes the "peculiar" (10) motion of the man with the shotgun by settling on what term?
(a) Languidity.
(b) Rigidity.
(c) Torpor.
(d) Calm.

9. The man with the shotgun has put down what object before he strikes the guard?
(a) His cloth bag.
(b) His shotgun.
(c) His tie.
(d) His knife.

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

11. The man with the pistol calls Anders what kind of "boy" (14)?
(a) Bank.
(b) Brave.
(c) Bright.
(d) Naive.

12. Who places a sign in one of the bank tellers' windows?
(a) The security guard.
(b) The bank manager.
(c) The man with the pistol.
(d) A bank teller.

13. The line in which Anders is waiting is said to be "doubled around the" (2) what?
(a) Bank.
(b) Room.
(c) The rope.
(d) Lobby.

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

15. To whom is "Buzz him in" said in Paragraph 10?
(a) The tellers.
(b) Anders.
(c) The bank manager.
(d) The man with the pistol.

Short Answer Questions

1. The man with the pistol presses it to whose neck?

2. The short story named by Anders is written by which famous author?

3. The man with the pistol uses what adjective to describe the teller he instructs to fill her bag?

4. The man with the pistol asks Anders if he has what condition?

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

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