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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 gesture does Anders make when he laughs near the end of his life?
2. The memory that emerges within Anders's conscious mind takes place on a day how many years previous?
3. Just before the man with the pistol prods Anders with the gun once again, Anders begins "to develop a sense of" (20) what?
4. Anders is said to have noticed the main quality of the figures on the ceiling how long ago?
5. When Anders turns down the man with the pistol's offer, the man with the pistol says, "Then, stop" (23) what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What specific reaction does Anders have to his vision of a cartoon bubble and how do you know?
2. Describe the eyes of the man with the pistol.
3. What season and time of day are portrayed within Anders's one witnessed memory?
4. The man with the pistol wonders aloud if Anders views him in what way?
5. What is the overall subject of the mural painted upon the bank's ceiling?
6. What piece of 1940s slang does the man with the pistol use and how does Anders react?
7. In what way does the narrator make a distinction between different kinds of time?
8. Discuss an instance of irony within Anders's final moments.
9. What is Anders's reply to the question he is asked the third time he is called "Bright boy" (27)?
10. What event happens to force Anders to examine the domed ceiling of the bank?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of "Bullet in the Brain" and analyze Wolff's purpose for including each instance you discuss.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze Anders’ fascination with language throughout the story and trace how his relationship to language changes over the course of his life.
Essay Topic 3
Determine Wolff’s message regarding the phenomenon of becoming a jaded human being over time.
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