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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Montgomery buy at the hardware shop?
(a) Twine, brown paper, and a rope.
(b) A wrench, screwdriver and screws
(c) A chainsaw.
(d) A measuring tape and nails.

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

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

5. Why can't Montgomery find his mother's account books when he looks for them in the kitchen?
(a) Because she doesn't keep the account books in the house.
(b) Because the accountant has picked them up.
(c) Because they were thrown out.
(d) Because they have been locked away.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are these missing items important to Montgomery?

2. What happens in Montgomery's recurring dream about his father?

3. Who is the first witness called to the stand?

4. Where does Montgomery have to go to get the money he owes?

5. What feeling does Montgomery have as he travels?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Montgomery tell his wife very little?

3. 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?

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

5. Why does Montgomery feel it's necessary to share his dreams with the court?

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

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

8. The stable hand, Joanne, is very kind to his mother. This makes Montgomery very uncomfortable. Why would Montgomery be uncomfortable with the stable hand's kindness?

9. Montgomery describes his old home as in disrepair and falling apart. At the same time, his mother tells him that he has gained weight. Why is it important that these two incidences are told together in Montgomery's story?

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

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