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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. How many times in total does Anders repeat the word uttered by the man with the pistol just before Anders is shot?
2. What is NOT described as one of the few tricks "the artist" who created the bank mural had "up his sleeve" (26)?
3. To what location does Anders direct his eyes after the man with the pistol first demands that Anders adjust his gaze?
4. Which figure depicted in the bank ceiling mural appears as a bull?
5. What consequence does the man with the pistol say he will dole out if Anders takes a certain action?
Short Essay Questions
1. What threat does the man with the pistol make against Anders before shooting him?
2. Wolff compares the speeds of what two objects within Paragraph 35?
3. What event happens to force Anders to examine the domed ceiling of the bank?
4. What is the overall subject of the mural painted upon the bank's ceiling?
5. What season and time of day are portrayed within Anders's one witnessed memory?
6. How many years ago had the event at the center of Anders's one witnessed memory taken place?
7. Discuss an instance of irony within Anders's final moments.
8. Where are the entrance and exit wounds inflicted by the bullet to Anders's head?
9. What is Anders's reply to the question he is asked the third time he is called "Bright boy" (27)?
10. What piece of 1940s slang does the man with the pistol use and how does Anders react?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze Anders’ fascination with language throughout the story and trace how his relationship to language changes over the course of his life.
Essay Topic 2
How is the topic of masculinity treated within Wolff’s story and how does its treatment relate to the story's depicted messages?
Essay Topic 3
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”?
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