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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 happens when Montgomery does not repay his loan?
(a) Montgomery is arrested.
(b) Montgomery's child is kidnapped.
(c) Randolph's ear is chopped off and sent to Montgomery.
(d) Montgomery is kidnapped.

2. Montgomery goes looking for his mother to ask her about the missing items. Where does he find her and the stable hand?
(a) In the basement.
(b) In her bedroom.
(c) In the garden.
(d) In the kitchen.

3. What does Montgomery tell the judge about the plan of this crime?
(a) That it was a joke.
(b) That it wasn't his idea.
(c) That it wasn't a real plan.
(d) That it was meticulously calculated.

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

5. What startles the stable hand on the day Montgomery returns to his family home?
(a) She thinks Dorothy is dead.
(b) Montgomery walks into her room.
(c) She's scared of Montgomery.
(d) She sees a ghost.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Charlie French's profession?

3. How does Montgomery refer to his wife when they meet?

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

5. What is Montgomery's dream about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the irony about Montgomery meeting his wife through Anna Behrens?

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

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

4. Why would it be in Montgomery's benefit to keep information on Randolph to blackmail him?

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

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

7. The stable hand, Joanne, is very kind to his mother. This makes Montgomery very uncomfortable. Why would Montgomery be uncomfortable with the stable hand's kindness?

8. Montgomery has the feeling he is about to do something very bad. Why is this ironic?

9. 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?

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

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