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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 the main quality of the figures painted on the bank ceiling, according to Anders?
(a) Humor.
(b) An unfinished quality.
(c) Ugliness.
(d) An amateurish quality.

2. From what location does the bullet exit Anders's head?
(a) From in front of his right ear.
(b) From behind his right ear.
(c) From behind his left ear.
(d) From above his right ear.

3. The origin of the memory that arises within Anders's conscious mind is described with the use of what adjective?
(a) Unusual.
(b) Random.
(c) Chaotic.
(d) Peculiar.

4. Anders believes that the creator of the bank's ceiling mural had performed his task with "the utmost" (26) what?
(a) Attention to detail.
(b) Hilarity.
(c) Solemnity.
(d) Gravity.

5. Just before the man with the pistol prods Anders with the gun once again, Anders begins "to develop a sense of" (20) what?
(a) Terror.
(b) Nostalgia.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Unease.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Anders imagines a cartoon bubble emerging from the bull's mouth, what does it say that causes Anders to laugh?

2. What term is used to refer to the bone parts damaged by the bullet entering Anders's head?

3. What male figure does Anders reflect upon as he is gazing at the bank ceiling?

4. What is NOT described as one of the few tricks "the artist" who created the bank mural had "up his sleeve" (26)?

5. What language does Wolff use to describe the location where Anders is shot?

Short Essay Questions

1. How many years ago had the event at the center of Anders's one witnessed memory taken place?

2. What is ironic about the mural artist's portrayal of the story of Zeus and Europa?

3. What evidence is there to suggest that Anders does recognize positive aspects of even art he considers subpar?

4. Discuss an instance of irony within Anders's final moments.

5. Discuss an instance of irony within the story.

6. What is the overall subject of the mural painted upon the bank's ceiling?

7. What piece of 1940s slang does the man with the pistol use and how does Anders react?

8. What goal does Anders have in mind when staring into the eyes of the man with the pistol?

9. Where are the entrance and exit wounds inflicted by the bullet to Anders's head?

10. What event causes Anders to imagine a cartoon bubble and what does it say?

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