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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 10-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What phrase does the man with the pistol use in order to tell Anders to be quiet?
(a) Shut up.
(b) Fermez la bouche.
(c) Shut your trap.
(d) Shut your face.

2. Anders uses what term to mentally describe the woman in front of him in line who has just spoken to him?
(a) Crone.
(b) Crybaby.
(c) Witch.
(d) Nincompoop.

3. In what position is the guard lying after taking a blow from the man with the shotgun?
(a) Kneeling.
(b) Lying on his back.
(c) Sitting.
(d) Lying on his stomach.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Anders's profession in the story "Bullet in the Brain"?

2. Who hands the bags to the bank tellers?

3. 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?

4. What word is used to describe the weight of the man with the shotgun?

5. Immediately after Anders's evocation of a Biblical place, the woman in front of him takes what action?

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