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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 36-41.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What female figure does Anders reflect upon as he is gazing at the bank ceiling?
(a) Persephone.
(b) Eve.
(c) Europa.
(d) The Virgin Mary.

2. Anders is said to take what action "through his fingers" (34) as he apologizes to the man with the pistol?
(a) Snort.
(b) Yawn.
(c) Hiccup.
(d) Peer.

3. When Anders turns down the man with the pistol's offer, the man with the pistol says, "Then, stop" (23) what?
(a) Staring at the ceiling.
(b) Gazing out the window.
(c) Looking at the woman in front of him in line.
(d) Looking at him.

4. The first appearance of the bullet in what part of the brain "set[s] off" (35) a chain reaction?
(a) The cerebrum.
(b) The ganglia.
(c) The thalamus.
(d) The hypothalamus.

5. Anders's daughter teaches at what institution?
(a) Dartmouth.
(b) Yale.
(c) Vassar.
(d) Harvard.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Anders imagines a cartoon bubble emerging from the bull's mouth, what does it say that causes Anders to laugh?

2. What word is used to describe the height of the man with the shotgun?

3. The man with the pistol presses it to whose neck?

4. The narrator states that Anders does "not remember the pleasure of giving" (37) what?

5. Who places a sign in one of the bank tellers' windows?

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