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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 word is used to describe the height of the man with the shotgun?
(a) Short.
(b) Tall.
(c) Average.
(d) Squatty.
2. Immediately after Anders's evocation of a Biblical place, the woman in front of him takes what action?
(a) She turns her back on Anders.
(b) She sucks in her cheeks.
(c) She shrugs.
(d) She sighs.
3. What color are the ski masks worn by the bank robbers?
(a) Black.
(b) Plaid.
(c) White.
(d) Red.
4. When the man with the shotgun comes to the empty teller station, at whom does he look?
(a) At the bank manager.
(b) At the missing teller.
(c) At the man with the pistol.
(d) At Anders.
5. The man with the pistol calls Anders what kind of "boy" (14)?
(a) Brave.
(b) Naive.
(c) Bank.
(d) Bright.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is said to come "over the bank" (6) just after all of the customers turn?
2. Who hands the bags to the bank tellers?
3. What action does the man with the shotgun take the first time he makes physical contact with the security guard?
4. What color are the business suits worn by the bank robbers?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. What evidence points to the conclusion that Wolff wants the reader to view Anders's actions as selfish?
2. In what way is Anders shown to be hypocritical within the opening scene of the story?
3. Describe the first physical contact one of the robbers makes with Anders.
4. How does Anders invoke the idea of justice within the scene of the robbery?
5. At what time of day does the story take place?
6. Contrast Anders's reaction to the bank robbery with the reaction of the woman in front of Anders in line.
7. How does the theme of social status or class come into play within the story?
8. What does the man with the sawed-off shotgun do with his weapon when he needs both hands to complete a different task?
9. How does Wolff use allusion within the story?
10. What sort of narration does the story "Bullet in the Brain" employ?
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