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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The short story named by Anders is written by which famous author?
(a) John Steinbeck.
(b) Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) Flannery O'Connor.

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

3. 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) With hatred.
(c) Suspiciously.
(d) In a silent plea.

4. Again with the inclusion of sarcasm in his voice, Anders invokes the name of what Biblical place in response to the woman in front of him in line?
(a) Hell.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Mount Zion.
(d) Purgatory.

5. 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 punches the guard.
(c) He puts the guard in a headlock.
(d) He pushes the guard.

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

7. Anders is said to utilize what element in every review he writes?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Brilliance.
(c) Shards of glass.
(d) Savagery.

8. Immediately after Anders's evocation of a Biblical place, the woman in front of him takes what action?
(a) She sucks in her cheeks.
(b) She sighs.
(c) She turns her back on Anders.
(d) She shrugs.

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

10. The woman in front of Anders in line looks at Anders with what type of eyes in Paragraph 9?
(a) Murderous.
(b) Pleading.
(c) Questioning.
(d) Drowning.

11. What verb is used to describe the way in which a robber walks along the line of bank tellers?
(a) Slink.
(b) Saunter.
(c) Lurch.
(d) Stroll.

12. 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) Icy.
(c) Burning.
(d) Towering.

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

14. Who is the first character to whom Anders speaks after the robbery begins?
(a) The man with the pistol.
(b) The woman in front of him in line.
(c) The misplaced bank teller.
(d) The bank manager.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word is used to describe the weight of the man with the shotgun?

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

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

4. After striking the guard, the man with the shotgun moves toward what object?

5. The man with the shotgun has put down what object before he strikes the guard?

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