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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 the argument between Montgomery and his mother about the missing items bring up?
(a) Montgomery's bad habits.
(b) Montgomery's reckless past.
(c) Montgomery's abandonment.
(d) His father's death.

2. What has Montgomery been doing to his mother and childhood home?
(a) He's been taking money from her estate.
(b) He has been visiting regularly.
(c) He has hired a caretaker to take care of her needs.
(d) He's been supporting her for years.

3. What does Montgomery buy at the hardware shop?
(a) Twine, brown paper, and a rope.
(b) A measuring tape and nails.
(c) A wrench, screwdriver and screws
(d) A chainsaw.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Montgomery meet when he goes outside after his tour of the house?

3. How does Montgomery feel his trip will appear to others?

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

5. What does Montgomery say words are?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the relationship between Charlie French and Montgomery?

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. What reasoning would Montgomery have for comparing Anna Behrens to a "lonely prisoner in her magic castle in need of rescuing"?

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

5. The reader is introduced to Montgomery's counsel. Montgomery likes him because of his fierceness in the courtroom. Why would he like someone for this characteristic?

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

7. Why does Montgomery tell his wife very little?

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

9. 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?

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

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