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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Anders describes the complaint of the woman in front of him by using what adjective in a sarcastic manner?
(a) Life-changing.
(b) Depressing.
(c) Tragic.
(d) Beautiful.

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

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

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

7. What phrase does the man with the pistol utter that causes Anders to tell him, "Oh, bravo" (8)?
(a) Oh my gosh.
(b) Cement shoes.
(c) Hurry up.
(d) Dead meat.

8. When the customers turn toward the bank robbers, they see the two men standing in what location?
(a) To the side of the door.
(b) Just outside of the bank doors.
(c) To the left of the restroom.
(d) In front of the bank manager's desk.

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

10. Who says, "Buzz him in" in Paragraph 10?
(a) Anders.
(b) The man with the shotgun.
(c) The man with the pistol.
(d) The woman in line in front of Anders.

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

12. As the bank teller speaks to another bank employee, she takes what stance?
(a) She sits in a chair at the desk.
(b) She sits down upon the desk.
(c) She leans against the wall.
(d) She leans against the desk.

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

14. Anders uses what term to mentally describe the woman in front of him in line who has just spoken to him?
(a) Witch.
(b) Nincompoop.
(c) Crone.
(d) Crybaby.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Anders sarcastically compares the complaint of the woman in front of him to what social issue?

3. Who hands the bags to the bank tellers?

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

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

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