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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What adjective is used to describe the ceiling of the bank?
(a) Bumpy.
(b) Domed.
(c) Dilapidated.
(d) Yellowing.

2. The man with the pistol tells Anders that if Anders takes what action, the man will dole out a consequence?
(a) "Manipulates" him.
(b) "Screws" with him.
(c) "Messes" with him.
(d) "Fucks" with him.

3. The memory that emerges within Anders's conscious mind takes place in what season?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Spring.

4. What object is stated to be much faster than the bullet speeding through Anders's head?
(a) Sound waves.
(b) Synaptic lightning.
(c) Brain waves.
(d) Memories.

5. When Anders turns down the man with the pistol's offer, the man with the pistol says, "Then, stop" (23) what?
(a) Looking at the woman in front of him in line.
(b) Looking at him.
(c) Staring at the ceiling.
(d) Gazing out the window.

6. Which figure depicted in the bank ceiling mural appears as a cow?
(a) Eve.
(b) Europa.
(c) Pandora.
(d) Persephone.

7. The narrator provides the speed of the bullet after it hits what object?
(a) The skull.
(b) The brain.
(c) The flesh.
(d) The cranium.

8. Anders is said to take what action "through his fingers" (34) as he apologizes to the man with the pistol?
(a) Snort.
(b) Peer.
(c) Hiccup.
(d) Yawn.

9. What female figure does Anders reflect upon as he is gazing at the bank ceiling?
(a) The Virgin Mary.
(b) Eve.
(c) Europa.
(d) Persephone.

10. What consequence does the man with the pistol say he will dole out if Anders takes a certain action?
(a) The man will fit Anders with a pair of cement shoes.
(b) The man will murder Anders's whole family.
(c) Anders will be no more.
(d) Anders will be history.

11. From what location does the bullet exit Anders's head?
(a) From in front of his right ear.
(b) From above his right ear.
(c) From behind his left ear.
(d) From behind his right ear.

12. What is NOT a way in which the man with the pistol's eyes are described?
(a) Pale.
(b) Cloudy.
(c) Blue.
(d) Red-rimmed.

13. One element in the chain reaction happening within Anders's brain is named as "ion" (35) what?
(a) Transmissions.
(b) Beams.
(c) Complexities.
(d) Transports.

14. The figures painted on the bank ceiling are wearing what garments of clothing?
(a) Togas.
(b) Burlap dresses.
(c) Evening gowns.
(d) Nightshirts.

15. What verb is used to describe the movement of Anders's bones after a bullet enters his skull?
(a) Flew.
(b) Sprayed.
(c) Scattered.
(d) Spread.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what location does Anders direct his eyes after the man with the pistol first demands that Anders adjust his gaze?

2. The memory that emerges within Anders's conscious mind takes place on a day how many years previous?

3. The origin of the memory that arises within Anders's conscious mind is described with the use of what adjective?

4. Anders believes that the creator of the bank's ceiling mural had performed his task with "the utmost" (26) what?

5. Once inside the brain, the bullet is said to come "under the mediation of" what kind of "time" (35)?

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