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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is said to come "over the bank" (6) just after all of the customers turn?
(a) A helicopter.
(b) A trance.
(c) A silence.
(d) A hush.

2. Who asks the question, "Whose slot is that" (11)?
(a) The bank manager
(b) The woman in line in front of Anders.
(c) The man with the pistol.
(d) The man with the shotgun.

3. What verb is used to describe the way in which a robber walks along the line of bank tellers?
(a) Saunter.
(b) Slink.
(c) Lurch.
(d) Stroll.

4. How does the woman respond to Anders's sarcastic manner of speaking to her, according to the narrator?
(a) She goes silent.
(b) She turns tail and runs.
(c) She stands her ground.
(d) She gets angry.

5. What question does the man with the pistol ask Anders as he pokes the pistol against Anders's body?
(a) You think I'm playing games?
(b) You looking for a fight?
(c) What do we have here?
(d) You a tough guy?

Short Answer Questions

1. What verb is used to describe the fastening of the guard's hands together?

2. The women in front of Anders look at the bank teller in what manner when she begins to have a conversation with another bank employee?

3. Anders sarcastically compares the complaint of the woman in front of him to what medical emergency?

4. Once there is a sign within the bank teller's window, she walks to what location?

5. Who hands the bags to the bank tellers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the setting in the opening of the story "Bullet in the Brain."

2. What is the main conflict at the center of the story and who is involved in that conflict?

3. What two-word name does the man with the pistol call Anders?

4. What is the first question the man with the pistol asks Anders and what is Anders's reply?

5. What is the first command the man with the pistol gives to Anders and how does Anders respond?

6. Describe the man with the sawed-off shotgun.

7. Anders refers to the conflict at the center of the story as what object? Why?

8. Discuss a moment in the story that reveals who is in charge of the bank robbery.

9. Provide an account of the chain reaction that leads to Wolff's revelation of the story's main conflict.

10. How is the motif of violence featured within the very first section of the story?

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