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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Just before the man with the pistol prods Anders with the gun once again, Anders begins "to develop a sense of" (20) what?
(a) Terror.
(b) Nostalgia.
(c) Unease.
(d) Loneliness.

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

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

5. What is the main quality of the figures painted on the bank ceiling, according to Anders?
(a) Ugliness.
(b) Humor.
(c) An amateurish quality.
(d) An unfinished quality.

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

7. 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 fauns.
(b) A rosy blush on the underside of the clouds.
(c) A coy backward glance on the faces of the cupids.
(d) A glint of sunshine on the leaves.

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

9. What part of the brain is NOT mentioned as collecting pieces of bone as the bullet destroys Anders's skull?
(a) The cerebral cortex.
(b) The basal ganglia.
(c) The frontal lobe.
(d) The corpus callosum.

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

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

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

13. How many questions does the man with the pistol ask Anders before Anders answers "No" the first time (30)?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

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

15. What is Anders's reply to the question he is asked by the man with the pistol?
(a) No.
(b) Yes.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Not a thing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two adjectives are used to describe the smell Anders detects?

2. What language does Wolff use to describe the location where Anders is shot?

3. The first appearance of the bullet in what part of the brain "set[s] off" (35) a chain reaction?

4. What word does the man with the pistol utter after he states Anders's consequence for a certain action?

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

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