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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's mother do that annoys him?
(a) She pokes at his belly and says he gained weight.
(b) She tells him he's a crook.
(c) She tells him he's a drunk.
(d) She tells him she doesn't like his outfit.

2. Where does Randolph get the money for Montgomery's "loan"?
(a) From a drug baron.
(b) From the sale of his car.
(c) From his bank.
(d) From his mother.

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

4. Who was visited every time Montgomery and his father went to Dun Laoghaire when Montgomery was a child?
(a) Montgomery's mother.
(b) Montgomery's aunt.
(c) Montgomery's grandmother.
(d) Montgomery's father's mistress.

5. 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 was disassociated from himself.
(d) That he never meant to do any of it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Montgomery's dream about?

2. Where does Montgomery go because he enjoys the atmosphere when he arrives in Dublin?

3. The day Montgomery goes to the hardware shop, he goes somewhere else instead of home. Where does he go?

4. If not in his current situation, where would Montgomery have gotten the money to repay his loan?

5. What kind of painting catches Montgomery's attention at Whitewater?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Montgomery says that words are a luxury. Considering his current situation, how is this an example of foreshadowing?

4. A car bomb explodes while Anna Behrens is leaving the hospital with her father. What is the symbolism of the car bomb?

5. 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?

6. Why is Montgomery's recount of his mother's funeral ironic?

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

8. Explain the symbolism of Montgomery's recurring dreams about his father.

9. Why does Montgomery tell his wife very little?

10. When thinking about first meeting Daphne, Montgomery says "Anna was the priestess in a ritual giving Daphne, the sacrificial offering, to him." Why does he say this?

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