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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. The short story named by Anders is written by which famous author?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) John Steinbeck.
(c) Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
(d) Flannery O'Connor.

2. One of the robbers' comments reminds Anders of what short story?
(a) "The Chrysanthemums."
(b) "The Killers."
(c) "The Yellow Wallpaper."
(d) "A Good Man is Hard to Find."

3. The man with the pistol presses it to whose neck?
(a) The bank manager.
(b) The security guard.
(c) A bank teller.
(d) A customer.

4. The narrator characterizes the "peculiar" (10) motion of the man with the shotgun by settling on what term?
(a) Languidity.
(b) Calm.
(c) Torpor.
(d) Rigidity.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What word is used to describe the weight of the man with the shotgun?

4. After leaving her position, the bank teller begins to speak to another bank employee who is taking what action?

5. The woman in front of Anders says that she thinks that the bank is treating their customers in what "way" (4)?

Short Essay Questions

1. At what time of day does the story take place?

2. Describe the man with the sawed-off shotgun.

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

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

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

6. Describe the setting in the opening of the story "Bullet in the Brain."

7. Describe the first physical contact one of the robbers makes with Anders.

8. For what purpose does the man with the sawed-off shotgun put down his weapon at one point?

9. What is the first question the man with the pistol asks Anders and what is Anders's reply?

10. What sort of narration does the story "Bullet in the Brain" employ?

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