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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) An unfinished quality.
(b) Ugliness.
(c) An amateurish quality.
(d) Humor.

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

3. What is NOT a way in which the man with the pistol's eyes are described?
(a) Blue.
(b) Cloudy.
(c) Red-rimmed.
(d) Pale.

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

5. What part of the brain is NOT mentioned as collecting pieces of bone as the bullet destroys Anders's skull?
(a) The cerebral cortex.
(b) The basal ganglia.
(c) The corpus callosum.
(d) The frontal lobe.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what location does Anders direct his eyes after the man with the pistol first demands that Anders adjust his gaze?

3. How many questions does the man with the pistol ask Anders before Anders answers "No" the second time?

4. What adjective is NOT used to describe the pace of the bullet, in comparison to the speed of a different object?

5. What adjective does the narrator use to describe the style of the old bank building?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss an instance of irony within the story.

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

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

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

5. What event happens to force Anders to examine the domed ceiling of the bank?

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

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

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

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

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

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