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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of shoes is the man with the pistol wearing?
(a) Loafers.
(b) Oxfords.
(c) Wing-tips.
(d) Moccasins.

3. 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 fit Anders with a pair of cement shoes.
(c) Anders will be no more.
(d) The man will murder Anders's whole family.

4. The man with the pistol offers to allow Anders to perform what type of favor for him?
(a) A sexual one.
(b) A momentary one.
(c) A small one.
(d) A big one.

5. Just before the man with the pistol prods Anders with the gun once again, Anders begins "to develop a sense of" (20) what?
(a) Loneliness.
(b) Terror.
(c) Nostalgia.
(d) Unease.

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

7. Which figure depicted in the bank ceiling mural appears as a bull?
(a) Pan.
(b) Adam.
(c) Zeus.
(d) John the Baptist.

8. The narrator states that Anders "would have" (35) felt in what way about the phrase "passed before his eyes" (35)?
(a) He would have rejected it.
(b) He would have recognized it.
(c) He would have believed in it.
(d) He would have abhorred it.

9. Anders is said to take what action at his "leisure" (35) in regard to the scene he witnesses from his past?
(a) Reflect.
(b) Grieve.
(c) Mourn.
(d) Contemplate.

10. 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 ceiling.
(b) The floor.
(c) The wallpaper.
(d) The back of the bank.

11. When the narrator describes Anders trying not to laugh, he is said to be fighting "back the" (20) what?
(a) Guffaws.
(b) Hysterics.
(c) Titters.
(d) Giggles.

12. The memory that emerges within Anders's conscious mind takes place on a day how many years previous?
(a) 20.
(b) 30.
(c) 50.
(d) 40.

13. What verb is used to describe the effect the bullet has on Anders's skull when he is shot?
(a) Splinter.
(b) Smash.
(c) Shatter.
(d) Crush.

14. Anders believes that the creator of the bank's ceiling mural had performed his task with "the utmost" (26) what?
(a) Attention to detail.
(b) Gravity.
(c) Hilarity.
(d) Solemnity.

15. The man with the pistol finally takes what action that snaps Anders out of his fog?
(a) He fires his pistol into the ceiling.
(b) He yells in Anders's face.
(c) He stomps on Anders's foot.
(d) He breathes out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What male figure does Anders reflect upon as he is gazing at the bank ceiling?

2. One part of the man with the pistol's body is said to "keep" (20) doing what?

3. What does the man with the pistol do with the pistol just before shooting Anders in the head?

4. The memory that emerges within Anders's conscious mind takes place in what season?

5. What is the main quality of the figures painted on the bank ceiling, according to Anders?

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