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

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

3. 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?
(a) Examine.
(b) Celebrate.
(c) Regard.
(d) Scrutinize.

4. The ceiling of the bank is said to be "crowded with" (26) what?
(a) Dramas.
(b) Parables.
(c) Gods and demons.
(d) Characters.

5. What consequence does the man with the pistol say he will dole out if Anders takes a certain action?
(a) Anders will be history.
(b) The man will murder Anders's whole family.
(c) Anders will be no more.
(d) The man will fit Anders with a pair of cement shoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What verb is used to describe the movement of Anders's bones after a bullet enters his skull?

2. What adjective is used to describe the ceiling of the bank?

3. The man with the pistol offers to allow Anders to perform what type of favor for him?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does the narrator make a distinction between different kinds of time?

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

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

4. What factors lead to the memory from "forty years past" (35) being called up rather than another memory?

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

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

7. To what question does Anders answer, "No" in Paragraph 20 before he fights to maintain decorum?

8. Discuss an instance of irony within the story.

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

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

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