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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. Why are these missing items important to Montgomery?
(a) He is supposed to inherit them.
(b) They were a present from his father.
(c) He bought them years ago.
(d) He gave them to his mother.

2. Where does the taxi driver take Montgomery when he leaves Whitewater?
(a) To a place where his mother has lodgers.
(b) To the airport.
(c) To Coolgrange.
(d) To a local motel.

3. Where does Montgomery have to go to get the money he owes?
(a) To his home.
(b) To his wife's family.
(c) To his best friend's house.
(d) To the bank.

4. What gives Montgomery a feeling of grief as he stands in his mother's kitchen?
(a) He misses his wife.
(b) He realizes his mother is sick.
(c) He thinks of his dead father.
(d) He misses an old friend.

5. Where does Montgomery go because he enjoys the atmosphere when he arrives in Dublin?
(a) One of the local museums.
(b) Wally's Pub.
(c) His favorite restaurant, O'Toole's.
(d) A local coffee shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the weather like when Montgomery arrives in Europe?

2. How long has Montgomery been away from his family home until this most recent visit?

3. Why does Montgomery describe his mother with caution?

4. What does Montgomery tell the judge about the plan of this crime?

5. Montgomery makes a side comment to the court expressing his surprise in something. What is he surprised about?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Montgomery feel the need to describe his mother as "statuesque"?

2. 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?

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

4. 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?

5. Why does the author have Montgomery tell the part about walking in on Joanne naked?

6. 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?

7. Why do you think the people who Randolph borrowed money from to give to Montgomery cut off Randolph's ear?

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

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

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

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