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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The man with the pistol presses it to whose neck?
(a) A bank teller.
(b) A customer.
(c) The bank manager.
(d) The security guard.

2. To what location does Anders direct his eyes after the man with the pistol first demands that Anders adjust his gaze?
(a) To the front door of the bank.
(b) To the ceiling.
(c) To the man's feet.
(d) He closes his eyes.

3. Anders sarcastically compares the complaint of the woman in front of him to what social issue?
(a) War.
(b) Sexism.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Hunger.

4. The short story named by Anders is written by which famous author?
(a) Flannery O'Connor.
(b) Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) John Steinbeck.

5. The figures painted on the bank ceiling are wearing what garments of clothing?
(a) Togas.
(b) Evening gowns.
(c) Nightshirts.
(d) Burlap dresses.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When the man with the pistol rejects Anders's choice of where to direct his gaze for the second time, toward what object does the man direct Anders's gaze?

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

5. Once there is a sign within the bank teller's window, she walks to what location?

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