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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. Who does Montgomery introduce the reader while speaking to the court?
(a) His business partner.
(b) His son.
(c) His counsel.
(d) His mother.

2. How does Montgomery explain his father's personality?
(a) Very quiet.
(b) Always angry but a coward.
(c) Quite powerful.
(d) A sweet and gentle man.

3. Montgomery makes a side comment to the court expressing his surprise in something. What is he surprised about?
(a) The amount of evidence against him.
(b) The effort people are making to save him from jail.
(c) The continuous mentioning of paintings in his case.
(d) The things the witnesses are saying about him.

4. How does Montgomery describe his mother?
(a) A small, quiet woman.
(b) As a large woman, with little emotion.
(c) A small, mean woman.
(d) A large, emotional woman.

5. Where does Charlie French take Montgomery as a kid?
(a) To the countryside.
(b) To the races.
(c) To the zoo.
(d) To the art galleries.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Montgomery goes to get the money, where are his wife and child?

2. What does Montgomery buy at the hardware shop?

3. What profession does Montgomery claim to have?

4. Why are these missing items important to Montgomery?

5. Where do Montgomery and his wife sail after their marriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

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

4. 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?

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

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

7. Mr. Behrens says the paintings he bought from Montgomery's mother were "not suited to be at Whitewater." How is this statement ironic to Montgomery's sense of reality?

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

9. Why does Montgomery tell his wife very little?

10. 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?

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