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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. Where did Montgomery's father die?
(a) In the hospital.
(b) In the large, front room.
(c) In the backyard.
(d) In the basement.

2. How long has Montgomery been in jail before reaching this point in the trial?
(a) A year.
(b) Two months.
(c) Six months.
(d) Two years.

3. What does Montgomery insist he went to Whitewater to do?
(a) To see Anna Behrens.
(b) To take a tour.
(c) To buy art.
(d) To sell some art.

4. What happens in Montgomery's recurring dream about his father?
(a) His father is an angel.
(b) His father is suffering from severe pain.
(c) His father is still alive.
(d) His father is rescued from a series of dangers.

5. Who is Randolph?
(a) A childhood friend of Montgomery's.
(b) Montgomery's brother.
(c) Montgomery's father.
(d) An American drug dealer that Montgomery blackmails.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who now has the missing items?

2. Montgomery goes looking for his mother to ask her about the missing items. Where does he find her and the stable hand?

3. What about the stable hand shocks Montgomery?

4. As Montgomery is talking to his mother at his family home he looks at his mother and notices something. What does he realize?

5. Why can't Montgomery find a synonym for badness in the dictionary?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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