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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 female figure does Anders reflect upon as he is gazing at the bank ceiling?
2. What term is used to refer to the bone parts damaged by the bullet entering Anders's head?
3. The man with the pistol offers to allow Anders to perform what type of favor for him?
4. What verb is used to describe the way in which the bullet travels through Anders's brain?
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 appears to be the source of the man with the pistol's anger toward Anders?
2. What event happens to force Anders to examine the domed ceiling of the bank?
3. What season and time of day are portrayed within Anders's one witnessed memory?
4. What specific reaction does Anders have to his vision of a cartoon bubble and how do you know?
5. Discuss an instance of irony within Anders's final moments.
6. In what way does Anders react to the man with the pistol's use of 1940s slang and what is the end result?
7. To what question does Anders answer, "No" in Paragraph 20 before he fights to maintain decorum?
8. What is Wolff's purpose for describing the eyes of the man with the pistol?
9. What is the overall subject of the mural painted upon the bank's ceiling?
10. What factors lead to the memory from "forty years past" (35) being called up rather than another memory?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Determine Wolff’s message regarding the phenomenon of becoming a jaded human being over time.
Essay Topic 2
Explicate the motif of the ticking clock within Wolff’s story “Bullet in the Brain.” What is Wolff’s message regarding linear time and how do you know?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of "Bullet in the Brain" and analyze Wolff's purpose for including each instance you discuss.
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