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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what part of the guard's body does the man with the shotgun strike a blow?
(a) Square in the nose.
(b) Between the shoulder blades.
(c) On the bridge of the foot.
(d) In the kneecap.

2. Against what part of Anders's body does the man with the pistol press his gun?
(a) The temple.
(b) The back.
(c) The stomach.
(d) The chest.

3. What adjective does Anders add as a qualifier to the name he mentally calls the woman in front of him in line?
(a) Boring.
(b) Presumptuous.
(c) Nasty.
(d) Pessimistic.

4. The man with the pistol uses what adjective to describe the teller he instructs to fill her bag?
(a) Fat.
(b) Ugly.
(c) Sneaky.
(d) Sly.

5. After leaving her position, the bank teller begins to speak to another bank employee who is taking what action?
(a) Crunching numbers.
(b) Shuffling papers.
(c) Helping a customer.
(d) Lighting a cigarette.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the bank teller speaks to another bank employee, she takes what stance?

2. When the customers turn toward the bank robbers, they see the two men standing in what location?

3. Who opens the security gate leading to the bank tellers' stations?

4. What verb is used to describe the fastening of the guard's hands together?

5. The man with the shotgun moves with "a peculiar" (10) what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the first command the man with the pistol gives to Anders and how does Anders respond?

2. What does the man with the sawed-off shotgun do with his weapon when he needs both hands to complete a different task?

3. In what way is Anders shown to be hypocritical within the opening scene of the story?

4. How does Anders invoke the idea of justice within the scene of the robbery?

5. What is the main conflict at the center of the story and who is involved in that conflict?

6. Provide an account of the chain reaction that leads to Wolff's revelation of the story's main conflict.

7. What is the first turn of phrase used by the man with the pistol that interests Anders and why?

8. Anders refers to the conflict at the center of the story as what object? Why?

9. What evidence points to the conclusion that Wolff wants the reader to view Anders's actions as selfish?

10. How is the motif of violence featured within the very first section of the story?

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