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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 element in the chain reaction happening within Anders's brain is named as "ion" (35) what?
(a) Transports.
(b) Complexities.
(c) Transmissions.
(d) Beams.

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

3. Between utterances of the word the man with the pistol had just said, Anders invokes the name of what deity?
(a) God.
(b) Jehovah.
(c) Allah.
(d) Jesus.

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

5. What adjective is NOT used to describe the pace of the bullet, in comparison to the speed of a different object?
(a) Sluggish.
(b) Pitiful.
(c) Glacial.
(d) Pathetic.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the bank's marble features are named, what is NOT named as being made of marble?

2. In what manner does Anders perform a particular action "through his fingers" (34)?

3. What gesture does Anders make when he laughs near the end of his life?

4. What does the man with the pistol do with the pistol just before shooting Anders in the head?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Wolff compares the speeds of what two objects within Paragraph 35?

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

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

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

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

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