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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What action does the man with the shotgun take the first time he makes physical contact with the security guard?
(a) He puts the guard in a headlock.
(b) He pushes the guard.
(c) He punches the guard.
(d) He stabs the guard.

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

3. The women in front of Anders take what action when they see the bank teller having a conversation with another bank employee?
(a) They push their way to the front of the line.
(b) They threaten to call the police.
(c) They yell at the bank teller.
(d) They break off their conversation.

4. Again with the inclusion of sarcasm in his voice, Anders invokes the name of what Biblical place in response to the woman in front of him in line?
(a) Purgatory.
(b) Hell.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Mount Zion.

5. How does the woman respond to Anders's sarcastic manner of speaking to her, according to the narrator?
(a) She gets angry.
(b) She turns tail and runs.
(c) She stands her ground.
(d) She goes silent.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Anders describes the complaint of the woman in front of him by using what adjective in a sarcastic manner?

3. What color are the ski masks worn by the bank robbers?

4. One bank robber is armed with a pistol, while the other is armed with what weapon?

5. When the man with the shotgun comes to the empty teller station, at whom does he look?

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