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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main quality of the figures painted on the bank ceiling, according to Anders?
(a) Humor.
(b) An amateurish quality.
(c) An unfinished quality.
(d) Ugliness.

2. What adjective is NOT used to describe the pace of the bullet, in comparison to the speed of a different object?
(a) Sluggish.
(b) Pathetic.
(c) Glacial.
(d) Pitiful.

3. The origin of the memory that arises within Anders's conscious mind is described with the use of what adjective?
(a) Random.
(b) Unusual.
(c) Peculiar.
(d) Chaotic.

4. The narrator provides the speed of the bullet after it hits what object?
(a) The flesh.
(b) The skull.
(c) The brain.
(d) The cranium.

5. When Anders turns down the man with the pistol's offer, the man with the pistol says, "Then, stop" (23) what?
(a) Staring at the ceiling.
(b) Looking at the woman in front of him in line.
(c) Looking at him.
(d) Gazing out the window.

6. The physical bodies of the figures on the ceiling are described using what adjective?
(a) Alive.
(b) Sullen.
(c) Fleshy.
(d) Vibrant.

7. What term is used to describe the chain reaction that happens within Anders's brain when the bullet hits a particular part of it?
(a) Crackling.
(b) Speeding.
(c) Buzzing.
(d) Frying.

8. What adjective is used to describe the ceiling of the bank?
(a) Domed.
(b) Dilapidated.
(c) Yellowing.
(d) Bumpy.

9. How many times does Anders apologize to the man with the pistol before repeating again the word the man had previously uttered?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

10. When Anders imagines a cartoon bubble emerging from the bull's mouth, what does it say that causes Anders to laugh?
(a) Moo.
(b) Hubba hubba.
(c) Oh, baby.
(d) Come hither.

11. Who asks Anders whether he considers them "comical" (29)?
(a) The woman in front of him in line.
(b) The man with the pistol.
(c) The man with the shotgun.
(d) The bank manager.

12. 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?
(a) The back of the bank.
(b) The ceiling.
(c) The wallpaper.
(d) The floor.

13. What consequence does the man with the pistol say he will dole out if Anders takes a certain action?
(a) Anders will be history.
(b) The man will murder Anders's whole family.
(c) The man will fit Anders with a pair of cement shoes.
(d) Anders will be no more.

14. What language does Wolff use to describe the location where Anders is shot?
(a) Exactly in the head.
(b) Squarely in the head.
(c) In the back of the head.
(d) Right in the head.

15. What adjective is used to describe the figures painted on the ceiling of the bank?
(a) Roman.
(b) Mythological.
(c) Biblical.
(d) Greek.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Anders's reaction to the word the man utters after he states Anders's consequence for a certain action?

2. What two adjectives are used to describe the smell Anders detects?

3. What gesture does Anders make when he laughs near the end of his life?

4. The first appearance of the bullet in what part of the brain "set[s] off" (35) a chain reaction?

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

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