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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 adjective is used to describe the line Anders faces when he gets to the bank?
(a) Short.
(b) Jagged.
(c) Long.
(d) Endless.

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

3. What verb is used to describe the way in which the man with the shotgun places the guard's hands behind his back?
(a) Crank.
(b) Snatch.
(c) Yank.
(d) Pull.

4. Anders refers to the bank robbers using what phrase?
(a) The dangerous classes.
(b) The lower classes.
(c) The ignorant classes.
(d) The brutish classes.

5. The woman in front of Anders in line looks at Anders with what type of eyes in Paragraph 9?
(a) Questioning.
(b) Pleading.
(c) Drowning.
(d) Murderous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term is used to describe the bags handed to the bank tellers?

2. What adjective does Anders add as a qualifier to the name he mentally calls the woman in front of him in line?

3. Anders sarcastically compares the complaint of the woman in front of him to what social issue?

4. What action does the man with the shotgun take the first time he makes physical contact with the security guard?

5. The man with the pistol asks Anders if he has what condition?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. For what purpose does the man with the sawed-off shotgun put down his weapon at one point?

3. What evidence suggests that the robbers are indeed following a script of sorts throughout the robbery?

4. Name the violent actions taken by the man with the sawed-off shotgun.

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

6. What does the man with the sawed-off shotgun do with his weapon when he needs both hands to complete a different task?

7. In what way is Anders shown to be hypocritical within the opening scene of the story?

8. Describe the first physical contact one of the robbers makes with Anders.

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

10. Contrast Anders's reaction to the bank robbery with the reaction of the woman in front of Anders in line.

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