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

2. What adjective is used to describe the shoes of the man with the pistol?
(a) New.
(b) Scuffed.
(c) Shiny.
(d) Black.

3. The narrator provides the speed of the bullet after it hits what object?
(a) The brain.
(b) The cranium.
(c) The skull.
(d) The flesh.

4. What verb is used to describe the effect the bullet has on Anders's skull when he is shot?
(a) Shatter.
(b) Splinter.
(c) Smash.
(d) Crush.

5. When the man with the pistol rejects Anders's choice of where to direct his gaze for the second time, toward what object does the man direct Anders's gaze?
(a) The wallpaper.
(b) The back of the bank.
(c) The ceiling.
(d) The floor.

Short Answer Questions

1. The memory that emerges within Anders's conscious mind takes place during what time of day?

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

3. The memory that emerges within Anders's conscious mind takes place on a day how many years previous?

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

5. What is NOT a way in which the man with the pistol's eyes are described?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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