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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. What is NOT a way in which the man with the pistol's eyes are described?
(a) Blue.
(b) Cloudy.
(c) Red-rimmed.
(d) Pale.
2. What is NOT described as one of the few tricks "the artist" who created the bank mural had "up his sleeve" (26)?
(a) A coy backward glance on the faces of the cupids.
(b) A coy backward glance on the faces of the fauns.
(c) A rosy blush on the underside of the clouds.
(d) A glint of sunshine on the leaves.
3. The man with the pistol asks Anders whether Anders thinks that the man is "some kind of" (29) what?
(a) Clown.
(b) Creep.
(c) Idiot.
(d) Patsy.
4. What verb is used to describe the way in which the bullet travels through Anders's brain?
(a) Sped.
(b) Raged.
(c) Flew.
(d) Ploughed.
5. The narrator states that there is "gilt scrollwork" (26) over what feature of the bank?
(a) The front door.
(b) The tellers' cages.
(c) The gate to the vault.
(d) The entryway.
Short Answer Questions
1. What adjective is used to describe the shoes of the man with the pistol?
2. One part of the man with the pistol's body is said to "keep" (20) doing what?
3. What consequence does the man with the pistol say he will dole out if Anders takes a certain action?
4. The memory that emerges within Anders's conscious mind takes place in what season?
5. What kind of shoes is the man with the pistol wearing?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is ironic about the mural artist's portrayal of the story of Zeus and Europa?
2. Wolff compares the speeds of what two objects within Paragraph 35?
3. What specific reaction does Anders have to his vision of a cartoon bubble and how do you know?
4. In what way does Anders react to the man with the pistol's use of 1940s slang and what is the end result?
5. Discuss an instance of irony within the story.
6. What piece of 1940s slang does the man with the pistol use and how does Anders react?
7. What season and time of day are portrayed within Anders's one witnessed memory?
8. Where are the entrance and exit wounds inflicted by the bullet to Anders's head?
9. How many years ago had the event at the center of Anders's one witnessed memory taken place?
10. Describe the eyes of the man with the pistol.
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