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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Between utterances of the word the man with the pistol had just said, Anders invokes the name of what deity?
(a) Jehovah.
(b) God.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Allah.

2. Anders muses that at the moment, he "has no choice but to" (26) take what action in relation to the work of the artist responsible for painting the ceiling?
(a) Examine.
(b) Celebrate.
(c) Regard.
(d) Scrutinize.

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

4. Who asks Anders whether he considers them "comical" (29)?
(a) The man with the shotgun.
(b) The woman in front of him in line.
(c) The man with the pistol.
(d) The bank manager.

5. 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) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

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

7. The man with the pistol finally takes what action that snaps Anders out of his fog?
(a) He yells in Anders's face.
(b) He stomps on Anders's foot.
(c) He fires his pistol into the ceiling.
(d) He breathes out.

8. What word does the man with the pistol utter after he states Anders's consequence for a certain action?
(a) Comprende.
(b) Revoir.
(c) Capiche.
(d) Sayonara.

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

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

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

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

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

14. What action does Anders take in order to keep himself from laughing?
(a) He stares into the eyes of the man with the shotgun.
(b) He pinches the inside of his wrist.
(c) He stares into the eyes of the man with the pistol.
(d) He stands on his own foot.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Anders is said to take what action "through his fingers" (34) as he apologizes to the man with the pistol?

3. What is the main quality of the figures painted on the bank ceiling, according to Anders?

4. How many "feet per second" (35) is the bullet said to be moving after it strikes a particular object?

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

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