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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Montgomery buy at the hardware shop?
(a) A chainsaw.
(b) A measuring tape and nails.
(c) Twine, brown paper, and a rope.
(d) A wrench, screwdriver and screws

2. Who never went to Dun Laoghaire with Montgomery?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His aunt.

3. What does Maolseachlainn believe the fight between Montgomery and Dorothy was about?
(a) Dorothy being a drunk.
(b) Montgomery being a drunk.
(c) Money.
(d) Montgomery not visiting enough.

4. How long has Montgomery been away from his family home until this most recent visit?
(a) One year.
(b) Six months.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) Ten years.

5. What is ironic about Montgomery's engagement and marriage to his wife?
(a) He doesn't remember ever proposing.
(b) They knew each other only briefly.
(c) They got married on the same day as her parents did.
(d) They got married in the same church as his parents.

6. What does Dorothy claim her relationship with the stable hand is?
(a) She says they have a strictly working relationship.
(b) She says they are lovers.
(c) She says she's like a son to her.
(d) She says they are best friends.

7. What do Montgomery and his father share?
(a) A dislike for the world.
(b) A respect for their mothers.
(c) A distaste for sweets.
(d) A love of education.

8. Who now has the missing items?
(a) Binkie Behrens.
(b) The stable hand.
(c) No one knows.
(d) His mother has them in a safe.

9. If not in his current situation, where would Montgomery have gotten the money to repay his loan?
(a) From his mother.
(b) From Anna Behrens.
(c) From Charlie French.
(d) From his lawyer.

10. Why does Montgomery claim he chose his profession?
(a) To make a lot of money.
(b) To travel the world.
(c) To make sense of the world.
(d) To become successful.

11. What is Maolseachlainn's trick in the courtroom?
(a) He is very intimidating.
(b) He's very sarcastic.
(c) He finds small details and uses them.
(d) He keeps asking questions multiple ways.

12. What does the argument between Montgomery and his mother about the missing items bring up?
(a) Montgomery's abandonment.
(b) Montgomery's reckless past.
(c) His father's death.
(d) Montgomery's bad habits.

13. What has Montgomery been doing to his mother and childhood home?
(a) He has hired a caretaker to take care of her needs.
(b) He's been taking money from her estate.
(c) He's been supporting her for years.
(d) He has been visiting regularly.

14. What kind of painting catches Montgomery's attention at Whitewater?
(a) A painting of the countryside.
(b) A painting of the mountains.
(c) An abstract piece of modern art.
(d) A painting of a woman.

15. What kind of mother does Montgomery see his wife as?
(a) Abusive.
(b) Caring.
(c) Neglectful and airheaded.
(d) Attentive.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Montgomery describe his father's appearance?

2. Where does Montgomery attend school and meet his wife?

3. What does Montgomery consider asking Charlie for?

4. How do his mother and the stable hand react when he asks about the missing items?

5. Who is Randolph?

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