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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 1-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What adjective is used to describe the line Anders faces when he gets to the bank?
(a) Long.
(b) Endless.
(c) Short.
(d) Jagged.

2. What two adjectives does Anders use to characterize the conversation of the women ahead of him?
(a) Boring and endless.
(b) Boisterous and enigmatic.
(c) Inane and superficial.
(d) Loud and stupid.

3. When the customers turn toward the bank robbers, they see the two men standing in what location?
(a) In front of the bank manager's desk.
(b) To the left of the restroom.
(c) To the side of the door.
(d) Just outside of the bank doors.

4. After leaving her position, the bank teller begins to speak to another bank employee who is taking what action?
(a) Shuffling papers.
(b) Crunching numbers.
(c) Lighting a cigarette.
(d) Helping a customer.

5. What is Anders's profession in the story "Bullet in the Brain"?
(a) Music critic.
(b) Book critic.
(c) Restaurant critic.
(d) Film critic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Anders uses what term to mentally describe the woman in front of him in line who has just spoken to him?

2. What is said to come "over the bank" (6) just after all of the customers turn?

3. The line in which Anders is waiting is said to be "doubled around the" (2) what?

4. The women in front of Anders take what action when they see the bank teller having a conversation with another bank employee?

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

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