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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. How does Montgomery refer to his wife when they meet?
(a) As a "sacrificial offering."
(b) As the worst thing that ever happened to him.
(c) As the beginning of the end of this life.
(d) As a gift from God.

2. What does Montgomery wonder about as he tells the court where he was?
(a) If he ruined his mother's life.
(b) Why he was even in jail.
(c) If his life was worth living.
(d) If anyone cared about him anymore.

3. What is the weather like when Montgomery arrives in Europe?
(a) Raining.
(b) There is a hurricane.
(c) Very foggy.
(d) Sunny and warm.

4. While Montgomery goes to get the money, where are his wife and child?
(a) They go into protective custody.
(b) They accompany him to get the money.
(c) They have to stay behind.
(d) They go on vacation and await Montgomery's return.

5. Why can't Montgomery find his mother's account books when he looks for them in the kitchen?
(a) Because the accountant has picked them up.
(b) Because she doesn't keep the account books in the house.
(c) Because they were thrown out.
(d) Because they have been locked away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dorothy claim her relationship with the stable hand is?

2. Montgomery comes back into the present to tell the courts about where he had gone that day. Where did he go?

3. After visiting Whitewater, what does Montgomery think of as he lays sleepless?

4. What is ironic about Montgomery's engagement and marriage to his wife?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Montgomery tell his wife very little?

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

7. Do you think the fight between Montgomery and his mother was solely based on the selling of the paintings?

8. Montgomery describes his old home as in disrepair and falling apart. At the same time, his mother tells him that he has gained weight. Why is it important that these two incidences are told together in Montgomery's story?

9. Montgomery describes his father and spends a lot time focusing on his mustache. Why does Montgomery do this?

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

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