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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. After visiting Whitewater, what does Montgomery think of as he lays sleepless?
(a) Running away.
(b) Buying a new car.
(c) Going on vacation.
(d) All the women in his life.

2. What has actually happened to these missing items?
(a) They got burned in a fire.
(b) His mother sold them.
(c) They were put into a vault.
(d) They were stolen in a robbery.

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

4. How does Montgomery feel his trip will appear to others?
(a) He is lucky to be going.
(b) He is running away.
(c) He must be very wealthy.
(d) He is stressed and needs a break.

5. What does Maolseachlainn believe the fight between Montgomery and Dorothy was about?
(a) Montgomery being a drunk.
(b) Money.
(c) Dorothy being a drunk.
(d) Montgomery not visiting enough.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Montgomery's mother?

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

3. What profession does Montgomery claim to have?

4. How is Montgomery's lawyer described?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. The author goes into detail when he describes Dublin after ten years. Why does he do this?

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

9. Montgomery goes into a fantasy about being by his father's side when he died when in fact he wasn't in the city. Why does Montgomery tell this story?

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

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