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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. Anders sarcastically compares the complaint of the woman in front of him to what medical emergency?
(a) Chopping off a finger.
(b) Chopping off an appendage.
(c) Chopping off the wrong arm.
(d) Chopping off the wrong leg.

2. When one of the women in front of Anders speaks to him, she is said to be "confident of his" (2) what?
(a) Accord.
(b) Agreement.
(c) Plan.
(d) Disapproval.

3. What word is used to describe the height of the man with the shotgun?
(a) Short.
(b) Tall.
(c) Squatty.
(d) Average.

4. What verb is used to describe the way in which a robber walks along the line of bank tellers?
(a) Stroll.
(b) Lurch.
(c) Saunter.
(d) Slink.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What verb is used to describe the way in which the man with the shotgun places the guard's hands behind his back?

4. Again with the inclusion of sarcasm in his voice, Anders invokes the name of what Biblical place in response to the woman in front of him in line?

5. The man with the shotgun has put down what object before he strikes the guard?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Wolff use allusion within the story?

7. Discuss a moment in the story that reveals who is in charge of the bank robbery.

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

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

10. What evidence suggests that the robbers are indeed following a script of sorts throughout the robbery?

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