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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. Anders is said to have noticed the main quality of the figures on the ceiling how long ago?
2. When the narrator describes Anders trying not to laugh, he is said to be fighting "back the" (20) what?
3. What adjective does the narrator use to describe the style of the old bank building?
4. In what manner does Anders perform a particular action "through his fingers" (34)?
5. What is Anders's reply to the question he is asked by the man with the pistol?
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. To what question does Anders answer, "No" in Paragraph 20 before he fights to maintain decorum?
3. Discuss an instance of irony within Anders's final moments.
4. The man with the pistol wonders aloud if Anders views him in what way?
5. What is ironic about the mural artist's portrayal of the story of Zeus and Europa?
6. What event causes Anders to imagine a cartoon bubble and what does it say?
7. Discuss an instance of irony within the story.
8. In what way does Anders react to the man with the pistol's use of 1940s slang and what is the end result?
9. Describe the eyes of the man with the pistol.
10. Where are the entrance and exit wounds inflicted by the bullet to Anders's head?
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
Look carefully at Anders’s language use throughout the story. What is Wolff’s purpose for shaping Anders’s voice in the way that he does? For example, why does Wolff choose to have Anders make an allusion to an Ernest Hemingway story as he is remarking on the robbers’ use of language?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Wolff’s messages about self-control within the story “Bullet in the Brain.” Focus on elements of the story such as Anders’s inability to keep himself from laughing at the bank robbers’ cliched language.
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