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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. As Montgomery is walking through the house, what does he realize are missing?
2. Who was visited every time Montgomery and his father went to Dun Laoghaire when Montgomery was a child?
3. How does Montgomery explain his father's personality?
4. What is Charlie French's profession?
5. Where did Montgomery's father die?
Short Essay Questions
1. The reader is introduced to Montgomery's counsel. Montgomery likes him because of his fierceness in the courtroom. Why would he like someone for this characteristic?
2. Why does Montgomery feel it's necessary to share his dreams with the court?
3. In the beginning of the novel, Montgomery makes a point to say he is not a homosexual. Why does he continue to make references to homosexuals, as when comparing his lawyer to a boy he believes was in love with him when he was a child?
4. Why are the details of Montgomery's engagement and marriage to Daphne important?
5. Why does the author have Montgomery tell the part about walking in on Joanne naked?
6. Why is Montgomery's recount of his mother's funeral ironic?
7. Why do you think the people who Randolph borrowed money from to give to Montgomery cut off Randolph's ear?
8. Why does Montgomery tell his wife very little?
9. Why would it be in Montgomery's benefit to keep information on Randolph to blackmail him?
10. Explain the symbolism of Montgomery's recurring dreams about his father.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Relationships play a large part in Montgomery's life. What relationships are the most important to Montgomery? Why are these relationships more important than the others he has? What relationships were the most successful in Montgomery's life? What made them most successful?
Essay Topic 2
Explain the emergence of Billy Bunter. Who is he? Why is he important? Why does Montgomery say he exists? How would Billy Bunter be beneficial to Montgomery's case?
Essay Topic 3
Guilt is another theme to the novel. There are times where Montgomery feels guilt and other times when he places it on others. Discuss some examples when Montgomery feels guilt for his crimes. Why does he feel guilty sometimes and then not at others? What does Montgomery's lack of guilt say about him as a character?
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