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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what sort of blow does the man with the shotgun strike the guard in a certain part of the guard's body?
(a) A shove.
(b) A kick.
(c) A punch.
(d) A smack.

2. What adjective does the narrator use to describe the style of the old bank building?
(a) Pompous.
(b) Uninspired.
(c) Conventional.
(d) Staid.

3. In what manner are the customers said to turn toward the bank robbers?
(a) Slowly.
(b) Instantly.
(c) Reluctantly.
(d) Cautiously.

4. 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 sighs.
(d) She sucks in her cheeks.

5. What is NOT described as one of the few tricks "the artist" who created the bank mural had "up his sleeve" (26)?
(a) A coy backward glance on the faces of the fauns.
(b) A coy backward glance on the faces of the cupids.
(c) A glint of sunshine on the leaves.
(d) A rosy blush on the underside of the clouds.

Short Answer Questions

1. The man with the pistol offers to allow Anders to perform what type of favor for him?

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

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

4. When the narrator describes Anders trying not to laugh, he is said to be fighting "back the" (20) what?

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

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