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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 action does the man with the shotgun take the first time he makes physical contact with the security guard?
(a) He stabs the guard.
(b) He puts the guard in a headlock.
(c) He punches the guard.
(d) He pushes the guard.

2. What two adjectives does Anders use to characterize the conversation of the women ahead of him?
(a) Boisterous and enigmatic.
(b) Boring and endless.
(c) Loud and stupid.
(d) Inane and superficial.

3. Who hands the bags to the bank tellers?
(a) Anders.
(b) The man with the pistol.
(c) The bank manager.
(d) The man with the shotgun.

4. 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) What do we have here?
(c) You looking for a fight?
(d) You a tough guy?

5. What adjective does Anders add as a qualifier to the name he mentally calls the woman in front of him in line?
(a) Nasty.
(b) Presumptuous.
(c) Pessimistic.
(d) Boring.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective is used to describe the line Anders faces when he gets to the bank?

2. With what sort of blow does the man with the shotgun strike the guard in a certain part of the guard's body?

3. Anders refers to the bank robbers using what phrase?

4. In what position is the guard lying after taking a blow from the man with the shotgun?

5. The man with the shotgun fastens the guard's hands together using what method?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Anders invoke the idea of justice within the scene of the robbery?

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

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

4. How does the theme of social status or class come into play within the story?

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

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

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

8. What evidence points to the conclusion that Wolff wants the reader to view Anders's actions as selfish?

9. What sort of narration does the story "Bullet in the Brain" employ?

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

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