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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 36-41.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who asks the question, "Whose slot is that" (11)?
(a) The man with the shotgun.
(b) The man with the pistol.
(c) The woman in line in front of Anders.
(d) The bank manager

2. What term is used to refer to the relationship between the bank robbers?
(a) Comrades.
(b) Pals.
(c) Friends.
(d) Partners.

3. 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 kick.
(b) A shove.
(c) A punch.
(d) A smack.

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

5. The ceiling of the bank is said to be "crowded with" (26) what?
(a) Parables.
(b) Dramas.
(c) Characters.
(d) Gods and demons.

Short Answer Questions

1. After striking the guard, the man with the shotgun moves toward what object?

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

3. What is NOT a way in which Anders feels when Coyle's cousin from Mississippi says, "Short's the best position they is" (40)?

4. What is the setting of the one memory Anders recalls in his last moments?

5. The object toward which the man with the shotgun moves after striking the guard is located "at the end of" (10) what?

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