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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 utter that causes Anders to tell him, "Oh, bravo" (8)?
(a) Cement shoes.
(b) Hurry up.
(c) Oh my gosh.
(d) Dead meat.

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

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

4. Who places a sign in one of the bank tellers' windows?
(a) The security guard.
(b) A bank teller.
(c) The bank manager.
(d) The man with the pistol.

5. Anders is unable to get to the bank until "just before" (1) when?
(a) Closing time.
(b) The shift change.
(c) Five o'clock.
(d) Lunch hour.

Short Answer Questions

1. What phrase does the man with the pistol use in order to tell Anders to be quiet?

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

3. The narrator characterizes the "peculiar" (10) motion of the man with the shotgun by settling on what term?

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

5. Who hands the bags to the bank tellers?

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