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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 does Montgomery claim about his actions at the time he committed his crime?
(a) That he doesn't think he did anything wrong.
(b) That he knew exactly what he was doing.
(c) That he never meant to do any of it.
(d) That he was disassociated from himself.

2. As Montgomery is talking to his mother at his family home he looks at his mother and notices something. What does he realize?
(a) She has gained weight.
(b) She has lost weight.
(c) She has had a stroke.
(d) She has gotten plastic surgery.

3. Who does Montgomery introduce the reader while speaking to the court?
(a) His son.
(b) His mother.
(c) His business partner.
(d) His counsel.

4. Who does Montgomery says his lawyer reminds him of?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) An old business partner.
(c) His father.
(d) A boy he went to school with that did his homework for him.

5. The day Montgomery goes to the hardware shop, he goes somewhere else instead of home. Where does he go?
(a) For a walk in the park.
(b) To a museum.
(c) Sightseeing.
(d) A garage to buy a car.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do people at the university feel about Montgomery?

2. Who is the first witness called to the stand?

3. How does the person who supplied the money for Montgomery's loan feel about not being paid back?

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

5. Who does Montgomery think of when he goes into the wine cellar?

Short Essay Questions

1. What would be Montgomery's reasoning for introducing his alter ego, Billy Bunter, to the jury?

2. Why would the drug baron make Montgomery leave his family behind while Montgomery gets the money he owes the baron?

3. Why does the author switch back and forth from past to present?

4. Why does Montgomery tell his wife very little?

5. Why does Montgomery feel it's necessary to share his dreams with the court?

6. In the beginning of the novel, Montgomery makes a point to say he is not a homosexual. Why does he continue to make references to homosexuals, as when comparing his lawyer to a boy he believes was in love with him when he was a child?

7. Montgomery's counsel forces him to say that he wanted to kill his father so he could marry his mother. Montgomery claims this isn't true. Why would his counsel force him to tell this lie?

8. The author goes into detail when he describes Dublin after ten years. Why does he do this?

9. Is Montgomery's mother's reasoning for selling the paintings understandable? Why or why not?

10. Why are the details of Montgomery's engagement and marriage to Daphne important?

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