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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 emerges from the kitchen as Charlie is speaking to Montgomery about his crime?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) The police.
(c) A reporter.
(d) Daphne.

2. What does Charlie realize about Montgomery as he gets ready to leave for work?
(a) That Montgomery plans on leaving immediately.
(b) That Montgomery is in love with him.
(c) That Montgomery is going to go with him to work.
(d) That Montgomery plans on staying with him.

3. What job did Charlie arrange for Montgomery in the past?
(a) Getting research papers for the government.
(b) Working on Wall Street.
(c) Working as a scientist for NASA.
(d) Driving a bus.

4. How does Montgomery react as he is arrested?
(a) He is upset and crying.
(b) He is quiet and calm.
(c) He is happy and joking with the officers.
(d) He is violent.

5. Where does Montgomery think he is when he wakes up in Charlie's house?
(a) Back in the United States.
(b) Home in the Mediterranean.
(c) At Coolgrange.
(d) At a motel.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the police find Montgomery?

2. Who embarrasses Montgomery at the dinner party?

3. At first Montgomery believes he is in shock, but what does he decide the feeling really is?

4. Who does Montgomery claim made the decision about his victim's fate?

5. How does Montgomery feel about the offers being made?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. According to Montgomery, he feels that now that he is no longer drinking alcohol he "has woken up to a hangover with a vengeance." What does Montgomery mean by saying this?

3. Using your knowledge of Montgomery's history with women, why would he choose the "Portrait of the Woman with Gloves" rather than another?

4. What is the most important thing to Montgomery while he is in jail and why?

5. Montgomery begins to get the feeling that Charlie is ignoring him. For what reasons would Charlie avoid Montgomery?

6. It is no secret that Montgomery is angry at the world and feels he is owed something. How would killing this innocent person be revenge enough on the world for his alter ego Billy Bunter or Montgomery himself?

7. As he is leaving the scene of his crime, Montgomery realizes "that the fat, foul-mouthed, inner man has burst out." What he is talking about?

8. As the maid fights back at Montgomery after he shoves her in the car, he says he sees her as a "cornered heroine in a melodrama." Do you think this is an appropriate description of his victim?

9. 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?

10. Why does Montgomery take the time to pay attention to the details of his victim's face before hitting her with the hammer?

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