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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. Charlie has a dinner party and does not invite Montgomery. How does Montgomery feel about this?
(a) He is insulted and feels Charlie is avoiding him.
(b) He is thrilled because he finds them boring.
(c) He doesn't care.
(d) He gets angry and confrontational.

2. Why does Montgomery believe the opposing counsel is making him offers?
(a) To protect Charlie's reputation.
(b) To save the state money.
(c) They think he is innocent.
(d) Because they think he is insane.

3. What does Montgomery borrow from Charlie?
(a) An entire outfit.
(b) A book.
(c) His car.
(d) Cash.

4. What does Montgomery comment about when reading the confession?
(a) The bad grammar.
(b) The poor vocabulary.
(c) The spelling mistakes.
(d) How short it is.

5. What is the real reason both counsels are making Montgomery offers?
(a) To prevent evidence from being heard.
(b) To save everyone aggravation and paperwork.
(c) To get the case over quickly.
(d) To save the victim's mother pain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Montgomery's feelings towards Max?

2. As Montgomery waits at the empty train station, what is he thinking?

3. What stops Montgomery from stealing the Portrait of a Woman with Gloves?

4. Why won't Montgomery sign the typed confession the police hand him?

5. Who is watching Montgomery as he forces his victim into the car?

Short Essay Questions

1. What clues are presented during the dinner party that Montgomery's fantasy relationship with Charlie may be more realistic than the reader is led to think?

2. When Montgomery's mother's will is read, Montgomery is shocked to find out he is disinherited. At first he thinks it's because of the most recent fight they had but later finds out his mother disinherited him years prior. Why did his mother do this?

3. After reading the version of the confession written by the police, Montgomery says "they have made a murderer out of him." What is the irony in this statement?

4. As Charlie cooks breakfast, Montgomery says he feels a "weepy regard" for Charlie. Why would he feel this way?

5. Montgomery talks about his victim after reading the newspapers, yet he doesn't voice any opinion about her. However, Montgomery does voice his opinion on what was said or not said about himself. What does this tell the reader about Montgomery?

6. The lawyers on both sides of Montgomery's case want to plead the case out. Montgomery believes this is to protect Charlie French and Max Molyneaux and is against the idea. Why wouldn't Montgomery want to protect these two men?

7. What do the mites Montgomery says are living on his skin symbolize?

8. How is Montgomery's recurring dream of being falsely accused of murder an example of foreshadowing for the situation he finds himself in at the current time?

9. For what reasons would the drop of blood Montgomery discovers on his finger cause him to go into a paranoid state?

10. Montgomery speaks of his wife visiting him in jail. He is annoyed with her calm demeanor and ability to make decisions without him. Why might these characteristics upset Montgomery?

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