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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. What two adjectives are used to describe the smell Anders detects?
(a) Piercing and ammoniac.
(b) Noxious and overwhelming.
(c) Ugly and noxious.
(d) Pleasant and sweet.

5. The narrator states that Anders "would have" (35) felt in what way about the phrase "passed before his eyes" (35)?
(a) He would have believed in it.
(b) He would have rejected it.
(c) He would have recognized it.
(d) He would have abhorred it.

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

7. The first appearance of the bullet in what part of the brain "set[s] off" (35) a chain reaction?
(a) The ganglia.
(b) The hypothalamus.
(c) The cerebrum.
(d) The thalamus.

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

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

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

11. The man with the pistol uses what object to finally direct Anders's gaze toward the bank ceiling?
(a) His pistol.
(b) His fist.
(c) His knife.
(d) His fingers.

12. What part of the man with the pistol's body continues to repeat a particular action?
(a) His wrist.
(b) His leg.
(c) His left eyelid.
(d) His fingers.

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

14. 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) Celebrate.
(b) Regard.
(c) Examine.
(d) Scrutinize.

15. When Anders imagines a cartoon bubble emerging from the bull's mouth, what does it say that causes Anders to laugh?
(a) Hubba hubba.
(b) Moo.
(c) Oh, baby.
(d) Come hither.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT described as one of the few tricks "the artist" who created the bank mural had "up his sleeve" (26)?

2. What does the man with the pistol do with the pistol just before shooting Anders in the head?

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

4. One part of the man with the pistol's body is said to "keep" (20) doing what?

5. Just before the man with the pistol prods Anders with the gun once again, Anders begins "to develop a sense of" (20) what?

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