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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 20-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Just before the man with the pistol prods Anders with the gun once again, Anders begins "to develop a sense of" (20) what?
(a) Unease.
(b) Loneliness.
(c) Terror.
(d) Nostalgia.

2. The man with the pistol uses what adjective to describe the teller he instructs to fill her bag?
(a) Ugly.
(b) Sneaky.
(c) Sly.
(d) Fat.

3. Immediately after Anders's evocation of a Biblical place, the woman in front of him takes what action?
(a) She sucks in her cheeks.
(b) She shrugs.
(c) She sighs.
(d) She turns her back on Anders.

4. In what manner are the customers said to turn toward the bank robbers?
(a) Reluctantly.
(b) Instantly.
(c) Slowly.
(d) Cautiously.

5. The short story named by Anders is written by which famous author?
(a) John Steinbeck.
(b) Flannery O'Connor.
(c) Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

Short Answer Questions

1. The women in front of Anders look at the bank teller in what manner when she begins to have a conversation with another bank employee?

2. Anders is said to have "conceived his own" (3) what kind of hatred toward the bank teller by the time the woman in front of Anders speaks to him?

3. Which figure depicted in the bank ceiling mural appears as a cow?

4. One part of the man with the pistol's body is said to "keep" (20) doing what?

5. When the customers turn toward the bank robbers, they see the two men standing in what location?

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