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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do people at the university feel about Montgomery?
(a) They admire him.
(b) They adore him.
(c) They hate him.
(d) They don't respect him.

2. Who does Montgomery meet when he goes outside after his tour of the house?
(a) His half sister.
(b) The gardener.
(c) The new maid.
(d) The stable girl.

3. How does Montgomery feel about the appearance of Dublin?
(a) It has deteriorated since his last visit.
(b) It looks exactly the same.
(c) The city has improved greatly.
(d) It is cleaner than it used to be.

4. Where does Montgomery go because he enjoys the atmosphere when he arrives in Dublin?
(a) His favorite restaurant, O'Toole's.
(b) A local coffee shop.
(c) One of the local museums.
(d) Wally's Pub.

5. Where do Montgomery and his wife sail after their marriage?
(a) Cuba.
(b) Europe.
(c) The Mediterranean.
(d) Italy.

6. What feeling does Montgomery have as he travels?
(a) He feels he is going to do something bad.
(b) He feels anxious.
(c) He is very excited.
(d) He is very upset.

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

8. Who was visited every time Montgomery and his father went to Dun Laoghaire when Montgomery was a child?
(a) Montgomery's aunt.
(b) Montgomery's grandmother.
(c) Montgomery's mother.
(d) Montgomery's father's mistress.

9. What does the argument between Montgomery and his mother about the missing items bring up?
(a) Montgomery's bad habits.
(b) Montgomery's reckless past.
(c) Montgomery's abandonment.
(d) His father's death.

10. What is the name of Montgomery's mother?
(a) Dorothy or Dolly.
(b) Joanne.
(c) Margaret or Maggie.
(d) Sarah.

11. What does Montgomery say words are?
(a) An inconvenience.
(b) A necessity.
(c) A luxury.
(d) Useless.

12. Who does Montgomery introduce the reader while speaking to the court?
(a) His counsel.
(b) His mother.
(c) His son.
(d) His business partner.

13. Why can't Montgomery find a synonym for badness in the dictionary?
(a) The synonyms were all too "judgemental."
(b) He doesn't like the idea of anything being bad.
(c) None of the definitions made any sense to him.
(d) Badness wasn't in his dictionary.

14. What profession does Montgomery claim to have?
(a) He says he's a mechanic.
(b) He says he is a scientist.
(c) He says he is an art dealer.
(d) He says he is a teacher.

15. Montgomery makes a side comment to the court expressing his surprise in something. What is he surprised about?
(a) The things the witnesses are saying about him.
(b) The continuous mentioning of paintings in his case.
(c) The amount of evidence against him.
(d) The effort people are making to save him from jail.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Randolph?

2. Where does Montgomery wake up after a night of drinking?

3. What do Montgomery and his father share?

4. What is his mother's business venture since his father's death?

5. What happens in a crowded street as Anna is returning from taking her father to the hospital?

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