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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 part of the man with the pistol's body is said to "keep" (20) doing what?
(a) Twitching.
(b) Swinging.
(c) Fidgeting.
(d) Falling asleep.

2. 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.

3. What question does the man with the pistol ask Anders after he has put the pistol against a part of Anders's body?
(a) "What is wrong with you?"
(b) "What's so funny?"
(c) "Are you going to shut up?"
(d) "Are you serious?"

4. What term is used to refer to the bone parts damaged by the bullet entering Anders's head?
(a) Shreds.
(b) Particles.
(c) Knives.
(d) Shards.

5. The first appearance of the bullet in what part of the brain "set[s] off" (35) a chain reaction?
(a) The ganglia.
(b) The thalamus.
(c) The hypothalamus.
(d) The cerebrum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object is stated to be much faster than the bullet speeding through Anders's head?

2. What is the main quality of the figures painted on the bank ceiling, according to Anders?

3. Which figure depicted in the bank ceiling mural appears as a bull?

4. How many times in total does Anders repeat the word uttered by the man with the pistol just before Anders is shot?

5. What word does the man with the pistol utter after he states Anders's consequence for a certain action?

Short Essay Questions

1. The man with the pistol wonders aloud if Anders views him in what way?

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

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

4. What specific reaction does Anders have to his vision of a cartoon bubble and how do you know?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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