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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. How many times in total does Anders repeat the word uttered by the man with the pistol just before Anders is shot?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

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

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

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

5. The physical bodies of the figures on the ceiling are described using what adjective?
(a) Vibrant.
(b) Sullen.
(c) Alive.
(d) Fleshy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Between utterances of the word the man with the pistol had just said, Anders invokes the name of what deity?

2. Who asks Anders whether he considers them "comical" (29)?

3. How many questions does the man with the pistol ask Anders before Anders answers "No" the first time (30)?

4. What question does the man with the pistol ask Anders after he has put the pistol against a part of Anders's body?

5. What two adjectives are used to describe the smell Anders detects?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Wolff's purpose for describing the eyes of the man with the pistol?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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