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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. One of the robbers' comments reminds Anders of what short story?
(a) "A Good Man is Hard to Find."
(b) "The Chrysanthemums."
(c) "The Yellow Wallpaper."
(d) "The Killers."

2. What term is used to describe the bags handed to the bank tellers?
(a) Grocery.
(b) Garbage.
(c) Hefty.
(d) Plastic.

3. Again with the inclusion of sarcasm in his voice, Anders invokes the name of what Biblical place in response to the woman in front of him in line?
(a) Purgatory.
(b) Hell.
(c) Mount Zion.
(d) Heaven.

4. Who opens the security gate leading to the bank tellers' stations?
(a) The man with the shotgun.
(b) The head bank teller.
(c) The bank manager.
(d) The man with the pistol.

5. Who looks at the misplaced bank teller after someone asks the question, "Whose slot is that" (11)?
(a) The man with the shotgun.
(b) Anders.
(c) The bank manager.
(d) The man with the pistol.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The man with the shotgun has put down what object before he strikes the guard?

3. One of the women in front of Anders in the bank line says, "Oh, that's nice" (2) in what manner

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

5. The short story named by Anders is written by which famous author?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Wolff use allusion within the story?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is the first turn of phrase used by the man with the pistol that interests Anders and why?

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

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