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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What room in Montgomery's family home now appears to be most lived in?
(a) The basement.
(b) The bedroom.
(c) The living room.
(d) The kitchen.

2. How long has Montgomery been away from his family home until this most recent visit?
(a) Ten years.
(b) One year.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) Six months.

3. What has Montgomery been doing to his mother and childhood home?
(a) He's been taking money from her estate.
(b) He's been supporting her for years.
(c) He has hired a caretaker to take care of her needs.
(d) He has been visiting regularly.

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

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

6. As Montgomery is walking through the house, what does he realize are missing?
(a) Jewelry.
(b) Antique furniture.
(c) Paintings.
(d) Electronic equipment.

7. Where does Montgomery have to go to get the money he owes?
(a) To his home.
(b) To his best friend's house.
(c) To the bank.
(d) To his wife's family.

8. What does Montgomery wonder about as he tells the court where he was?
(a) If anyone cared about him anymore.
(b) If his life was worth living.
(c) Why he was even in jail.
(d) If he ruined his mother's life.

9. While Montgomery goes to get the money, where are his wife and child?
(a) They go on vacation and await Montgomery's return.
(b) They accompany him to get the money.
(c) They have to stay behind.
(d) They go into protective custody.

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

11. Who is Helmut Behrens?
(a) Montgomery's professor in America.
(b) Montgomery's best friend.
(c) Montgomery's father.
(d) An art dealer.

12. What does Montgomery first do with Charlie?
(a) Go fishing.
(b) Get drunk.
(c) Leave the country.
(d) Gamble.

13. Where does the taxi driver take Montgomery when he leaves Whitewater?
(a) To a place where his mother has lodgers.
(b) To Coolgrange.
(c) To a local motel.
(d) To the airport.

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

15. How long has Montgomery been in jail before reaching this point in the trial?
(a) Two years.
(b) A year.
(c) Two months.
(d) Six months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Montgomery claim about his actions at the time he committed his crime?

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

3. Who does Montgomery says his lawyer reminds him of?

4. What does Montgomery insist he went to Whitewater to do?

5. What about the stable hand shocks Montgomery?

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