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

2. Why does Charlie begin to question Montgomery about his crime?
(a) He's heard rumors.
(b) He read about it in the papers.
(c) Montgomery has been acting differently.
(d) He is taken to the police station that day.

3. Montgomery remembers that Charlie used to live with his mother and he inquires about her. What has happened to Charlie's mother?
(a) She is on vacation.
(b) She has moved away.
(c) She has died.
(d) She bought her own place.

4. Why can't Montgomery really think about his crime?
(a) He can't believe it's true.
(b) He gets pleasure out of keeping it his secret.
(c) He's not really sure what he's admitting.
(d) He doesn't think anyone will believe his story.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Montgomery finally leaves the car and his victim to die, what does he do with the painting?

2. What does Montgomery says he was thinking about on his way to Whitewater?

3. Charlie has a dinner party and does not invite Montgomery. How does Montgomery feel about this?

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

5. What is Montgomery's reasoning for killing his victim as he tells it to the police?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

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. 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?

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

6. 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?

7. 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?

8. What does Montgomery mean when he says that he can't say he didn't mean to kill her, only that he doesn't know precisely when he began to mean it?

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

10. 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?

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