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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. When Anders imagines a cartoon bubble emerging from the bull's mouth, what does it say that causes Anders to laugh?
(a) Moo.
(b) Come hither.
(c) Hubba hubba.
(d) Oh, baby.

2. The man with the pistol uses what object to finally direct Anders's gaze toward the bank ceiling?
(a) His knife.
(b) His fingers.
(c) His fist.
(d) His pistol.

3. The memory that emerges within Anders's conscious mind takes place during what time of day?
(a) In the afternoon.
(b) At dusk.
(c) In the morning.
(d) In the middle of the night.

4. The narrator provides the speed of the bullet after it hits what object?
(a) The flesh.
(b) The skull.
(c) The cranium.
(d) The brain.

5. The man with the pistol tells Anders that if Anders takes what action, the man will dole out a consequence?
(a) "Manipulates" him.
(b) "Fucks" with him.
(c) "Messes" with him.
(d) "Screws" with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What verb is used to describe the effect the bullet has on Anders's skull when he is shot?

2. From what location does the bullet exit Anders's head?

3. The ceiling of the bank is said to be "crowded with" (26) what?

4. Anders muses that at the moment, he "has no choice but to" (26) take what action in relation to the work of the artist responsible for painting the ceiling?

5. Anders believes that the creator of the bank's ceiling mural had performed his task with "the utmost" (26) what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Anders's reply to the question he is asked the third time he is called "Bright boy" (27)?

2. Describe the eyes of the man with the pistol.

3. What season and time of day are portrayed within Anders's one witnessed memory?

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

5. In what way does Anders react to the man with the pistol's use of 1940s slang and what is the end result?

6. What appears to be the source of the man with the pistol's anger toward Anders?

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

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

9. Discuss an instance of irony within the story.

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

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