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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Montgomery tell the judge about the plan of this crime?
(a) That it was a joke.
(b) That it was meticulously calculated.
(c) That it wasn't a real plan.
(d) That it wasn't his idea.

2. Who is Randolph?
(a) Montgomery's father.
(b) An American drug dealer that Montgomery blackmails.
(c) A childhood friend of Montgomery's.
(d) Montgomery's brother.

3. Who is the first witness called to the stand?
(a) Daphne.
(b) Montgomery.
(c) Charlie French.
(d) Dolly.

4. How does Montgomery explain his father's personality?
(a) Quite powerful.
(b) Very quiet.
(c) A sweet and gentle man.
(d) Always angry but a coward.

5. What does Montgomery claim about his actions at the time he committed his crime?
(a) That he never meant to do any of it.
(b) That he was disassociated from himself.
(c) That he knew exactly what he was doing.
(d) That he doesn't think he did anything wrong.

6. What does Montgomery feel it is necessary to tell the court that he is not?
(a) A coward.
(b) Afraid of anyone.
(c) Homosexual.
(d) A murderer.

7. What kind of mother does Montgomery see his wife as?
(a) Attentive.
(b) Caring.
(c) Neglectful and airheaded.
(d) Abusive.

8. What does Montgomery's mother do that annoys him?
(a) She pokes at his belly and says he gained weight.
(b) She tells him she doesn't like his outfit.
(c) She tells him he's a crook.
(d) She tells him he's a drunk.

9. Who does Montgomery think of when he goes into the wine cellar?
(a) His father.
(b) His wife.
(c) His first girlfriend.
(d) His best friend.

10. What happens when Montgomery does not repay his loan?
(a) Montgomery is arrested.
(b) Randolph's ear is chopped off and sent to Montgomery.
(c) Montgomery's child is kidnapped.
(d) Montgomery is kidnapped.

11. Montgomery comes back into the present to tell the courts about where he had gone that day. Where did he go?
(a) To his mother's funeral.
(b) To the hospital.
(c) To see his son.
(d) To his favorite restaurant.

12. Who now has the missing items?
(a) No one knows.
(b) His mother has them in a safe.
(c) Binkie Behrens.
(d) The stable hand.

13. What does Montgomery realize has pulled him to Whitewater?
(a) The love of art.
(b) Boredom.
(c) The love of Anna Behrens.
(d) Money.

14. What do Montgomery and his father share?
(a) A love of education.
(b) A respect for their mothers.
(c) A distaste for sweets.
(d) A dislike for the world.

15. After visiting Whitewater, what does Montgomery think of as he lays sleepless?
(a) Buying a new car.
(b) Going on vacation.
(c) Running away.
(d) All the women in his life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gives Montgomery a feeling of grief as he stands in his mother's kitchen?

2. Who never went to Dun Laoghaire with Montgomery?

3. Why does Montgomery's mother insist on him looking over the house?

4. Where does Montgomery go because he enjoys the atmosphere when he arrives in Dublin?

5. How does Montgomery describe his mother?

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