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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many "feet per second" (35) is the bullet said to be moving after it strikes a particular object?
(a) 90.
(b) 400.
(c) 60.
(d) 900.

2. What adjective is used to describe the figures painted on the ceiling of the bank?
(a) Mythological.
(b) Biblical.
(c) Greek.
(d) Roman.

3. How many times does Anders apologize to the man with the pistol before repeating again the word the man had previously uttered?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

4. What verb is used to describe the way in which the bullet travels through Anders's brain?
(a) Sped.
(b) Ploughed.
(c) Raged.
(d) Flew.

5. How many questions does the man with the pistol ask Anders before Anders answers "No" the second time?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

6. The man with the pistol offers to allow Anders to perform what type of favor for him?
(a) A momentary one.
(b) A sexual one.
(c) A small one.
(d) A big one.

7. What question does the man with the pistol ask Anders after he has put the pistol against a part of Anders's body?
(a) "Are you going to shut up?"
(b) "What's so funny?"
(c) "What is wrong with you?"
(d) "Are you serious?"

8. What term is used to describe the chain reaction that happens within Anders's brain when the bullet hits a particular part of it?
(a) Frying.
(b) Speeding.
(c) Buzzing.
(d) Crackling.

9. How many times in total does Anders repeat the word uttered by the man with the pistol just before Anders is shot?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

10. What term is used to refer to the bone parts damaged by the bullet entering Anders's head?
(a) Knives.
(b) Shards.
(c) Particles.
(d) Shreds.

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

12. What is NOT described as one of the few tricks "the artist" who created the bank mural had "up his sleeve" (26)?
(a) A coy backward glance on the faces of the cupids.
(b) A rosy blush on the underside of the clouds.
(c) A coy backward glance on the faces of the fauns.
(d) A glint of sunshine on the leaves.

13. Which figure depicted in the bank ceiling mural appears as a bull?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Pan.
(c) Adam.
(d) John the Baptist.

14. What adjective is NOT used to describe the pace of the bullet, in comparison to the speed of a different object?
(a) Pitiful.
(b) Glacial.
(c) Pathetic.
(d) Sluggish.

15. 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) Staring at the ceiling.
(c) Looking at him.
(d) Gazing out the window.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks Anders whether he considers them "comical" (29)?

2. The memory that emerges within Anders's conscious mind takes place in what season?

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

4. The memory that emerges within Anders's conscious mind takes place during what time of day?

5. The narrator states that there is "gilt scrollwork" (26) over what feature of the bank?

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