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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What verb is used to describe the way in which the man with the shotgun places the guard's hands behind his back?
2. Behind how many women does Anders become "stuck" (1) in the bank queue?
3. What question does the man with the pistol ask Anders as he pokes the pistol against Anders's body?
4. Anders uses what term to mentally describe the woman in front of him in line who has just spoken to him?
5. One bank robber is armed with a pistol, while the other is armed with what weapon?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the main conflict at the center of the story and who is involved in that conflict?
2. Discuss a moment in the story that reveals who is in charge of the bank robbery.
3. What evidence points to the conclusion that Wolff wants the reader to view Anders's actions as selfish?
4. Describe the man with the sawed-off shotgun.
5. Contrast Anders's reaction to the bank robbery with the reaction of the woman in front of Anders in line.
6. How does Wolff use allusion within the story?
7. Name the violent actions taken by the man with the sawed-off shotgun.
8. What is the first command the man with the pistol gives to Anders and how does Anders respond?
9. Provide an account of the chain reaction that leads to Wolff's revelation of the story's main conflict.
10. Anders refers to the conflict at the center of the story as what object? Why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze Wolff’s story from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the use of repetition throughout the story. What is Wolff’s purpose for employing the device frequently as he tells the story of “Bullet in the Brain”?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze Wolff’s focus on the theme of class differences and social status within the story. What message is Wolff sending about class, privilege, and prescriptive versus descriptive grammar?
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