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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. How does Montgomery feel about the offers being made?
(a) He disagrees with them.
(b) He doesn't care either way.
(c) He just wants the case over.
(d) He thinks they are a good idea.

2. How does Montgomery use the check Charlie gives him for the loan?
(a) Nothing. He never cashes it.
(b) He goes on vacation.
(c) He buys clothes.
(d) He pays off his debt.

3. When Montgomery reads the newspapers he thinks back to the day of the crime. What does he realize his victim was saying as he walked away?
(a) "Save me."
(b) "Help me."
(c) "Mammy, love."
(d) "Tommy, love."

4. What does Montgomery think about his own crime?
(a) He didn't commit a crime.
(b) It is unforgivable.
(c) It is justified.
(d) It is surreal.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charlie realize about Montgomery as he gets ready to leave for work?

2. Why does Montgomery think the days ahead will be his most exciting ever?

3. How does Montgomery view Charlie as he makes him breakfast?

4. How does Montgomery react as he is arrested?

5. What does Montgomery realize as he walks past the place where the car bomb exploded?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Montgomery describes his fondness for his old family friend Charlie French, yet at the same time he doesn't forgive Charlie for a previous situation. What does this inner conflict tell the reader about Montgomery?

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. 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?

5. Montgomery jokes around when he is arrested, but feels intimidated by being confined in possession of the police. What are Montgomery's values?

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

7. 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?

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

9. 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?

10. Charlie was a dear friend of Montgomery's parents and tells Montgomery of his mother when she was younger. Charlie says that many men adored Montgomery's mother and she was a loved by all except her husband. Why would Charlie tell Montgomery this?

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