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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. What does Montgomery hit his victim with?
(a) A book.
(b) His hands.
(c) A hammer.
(d) The painting.

2. Why does the tour guide chastise Montgomery?
(a) Montgomery is rude to the guide.
(b) Montgomery keeps interrupting the tour.
(c) He sees Montgomery trying to steal the painting.
(d) He thinks Montgomery is part of the tour group and has wandered off.

3. Who is watching Montgomery as he tries to wrap up the painting and stick it in the car?
(a) The taxi driver.
(b) A maid.
(c) Mr. Behrens.
(d) Anna.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Montgomery feel as he shops and walks around town?

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

3. What does Montgomery find when he breaks into Charlie's desk?

4. How does Montgomery react to Charlie's questioning?

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

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

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. 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?

6. 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?

7. 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?

8. How is Montgomery foreshadowing his guilt by saying he had been "unknowingly leaving behind a trail of evidence rather than his troubles" as he leaves the village?

9. Charlie tells Montgomery that the police brought Charlie into the station and Montgomery thinks Charlie is talking about the train station. What does this tell you about the mindset of Montgomery?

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

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