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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. The man with the pistol finally takes what action that snaps Anders out of his fog?
(a) He stomps on Anders's foot.
(b) He fires his pistol into the ceiling.
(c) He breathes out.
(d) He yells in Anders's face.

3. What adjective does the narrator use to describe the style of the old bank building?
(a) Pompous.
(b) Staid.
(c) Uninspired.
(d) Conventional.

4. The memory that emerges within Anders's conscious mind takes place in what season?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Spring.

5. In what manner does Anders perform a particular action "through his fingers" (34)?
(a) Quietly.
(b) Helplessly.
(c) Foolishly.
(d) Carelessly.

Short Answer Questions

1. One part of the man with the pistol's body is said to "keep" (20) doing what?

2. The figures painted on the bank ceiling are wearing what garments of clothing?

3. The man with the pistol tells Anders that if Anders takes what action, the man will dole out a consequence?

4. Just before the man with the pistol prods Anders with the gun once again, Anders begins "to develop a sense of" (20) what?

5. How many times does Anders apologize to the man with the pistol before repeating again the word the man had previously uttered?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What piece of 1940s slang does the man with the pistol use and how does Anders react?

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

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

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

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