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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When the man with the pistol rejects Anders's choice of where to direct his gaze for the second time, toward what object does the man direct Anders's gaze?
(a) The ceiling.
(b) The wallpaper.
(c) The floor.
(d) The back of the bank.

3. One part of the man with the pistol's body is said to "keep" (20) doing what?
(a) Twitching.
(b) Swinging.
(c) Falling asleep.
(d) Fidgeting.

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

5. The man with the pistol asks Anders whether Anders thinks that the man is "some kind of" (29) what?
(a) Clown.
(b) Creep.
(c) Idiot.
(d) Patsy.

6. The barrel of the gun is said to have what effect on Anders's body?
(a) It tickles him.
(b) It gives him goosebumps.
(c) It cripples him.
(d) It causes him to freeze.

7. The memory that emerges within Anders's conscious mind takes place on a day how many years previous?
(a) 50.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 40.

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

9. What is Anders's reaction to the word the man utters after he states Anders's consequence for a certain action?
(a) He smiles.
(b) He yawns.
(c) He sighs.
(d) He bursts out laughing.

10. To what location does Anders direct his eyes after the man with the pistol first demands that Anders adjust his gaze?
(a) He closes his eyes.
(b) To the ceiling.
(c) To the man's feet.
(d) To the front door of the bank.

11. Anders is said to take what action at his "leisure" (35) in regard to the scene he witnesses from his past?
(a) Mourn.
(b) Grieve.
(c) Contemplate.
(d) Reflect.

12. What does the man with the pistol do with the pistol just before shooting Anders in the head?
(a) He brandishes it.
(b) He cocks it.
(c) He polishes it.
(d) He raises it.

13. What kind of shoes is the man with the pistol wearing?
(a) Moccasins.
(b) Wing-tips.
(c) Loafers.
(d) Oxfords.

14. What adjective is used to describe the shoes of the man with the pistol?
(a) Black.
(b) Shiny.
(c) New.
(d) Scuffed.

15. Once inside the brain, the bullet is said to come "under the mediation of" what kind of "time" (35)?
(a) White light time.
(b) Death time.
(c) Brain time.
(d) Heaven time.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Anders turns down the man with the pistol's offer, the man with the pistol says, "Then, stop" (23) what?

2. When the narrator describes Anders trying not to laugh, he is said to be fighting "back the" (20) what?

3. What is Anders's reply to the question he is asked by the man with the pistol?

4. What male figure does Anders reflect upon as he is gazing at the bank ceiling?

5. The man with the pistol offers to allow Anders to perform what type of favor for him?

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