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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. Montgomery goes looking for his mother to ask her about the missing items. Where does he find her and the stable hand?

2. The day Montgomery goes to the hardware shop, he goes somewhere else instead of home. Where does he go?

3. How does Montgomery describe his father's appearance?

4. How do his mother and the stable hand react when he asks about the missing items?

5. Who does Montgomery meet when he goes outside after his tour of the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why would the drug baron make Montgomery leave his family behind while Montgomery gets the money he owes the baron?

2. Why would it be in Montgomery's benefit to keep information on Randolph to blackmail him?

3. Montgomery describes his father and spends a lot time focusing on his mustache. Why does Montgomery do this?

4. Why do you think the people who Randolph borrowed money from to give to Montgomery cut off Randolph's ear?

5. The author goes into detail when he describes Dublin after ten years. Why does he do this?

6. Why does Montgomery feel the need to describe his mother as "statuesque"?

7. What reasoning would Montgomery have for comparing Anna Behrens to a "lonely prisoner in her magic castle in need of rescuing"?

8. When thinking about first meeting Daphne, Montgomery says "Anna was the priestess in a ritual giving Daphne, the sacrificial offering, to him." Why does he say this?

9. 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?

10. What is the irony about Montgomery meeting his wife through Anna Behrens?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A setting is an important part of a novel. Many times the setting sets the mood of the story. What is the setting of "The Book of Evidence"? How does the setting develop the mood of the novel? What is the mood of the novel? Why is the mood an important part of the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Truth and honesty are major themes in the novel. What characters believe in truth and honesty? How does Montgomery manipulate the truth for his benefit? Does Montgomery understand the concept of truth? Why or why not? Does Montgomery even believe himself? Does the truth prevail at the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

External conflicts happen throughout the novel. Give examples of at least three external conflicts in the novel. How do these conflicts affect the plot? Who is the protagonist in the conflict? Antagonist?

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