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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 is Charlie French's profession?
(a) He's a teacher.
(b) He works in finance.
(c) He runs a gallery.
(d) He owns a museum.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Montgomery's father die?

2. Why does Montgomery claim he chose his profession?

3. Who was visited every time Montgomery and his father went to Dun Laoghaire when Montgomery was a child?

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

5. If not in his current situation, where would Montgomery have gotten the money to repay his loan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What would be Montgomery's reasoning for introducing his alter ego, Billy Bunter, to the jury?

2. Mr. Behrens says the paintings he bought from Montgomery's mother were "not suited to be at Whitewater." How is this statement ironic to Montgomery's sense of reality?

3. Explain the symbolism of Montgomery's recurring dreams about his father.

4. Why does the author have Montgomery tell the part about walking in on Joanne naked?

5. Why does Montgomery go out of his way to tell the court that he is not a homosexual?

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

7. 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?

8. Is Montgomery's mother's reasoning for selling the paintings understandable? Why or why not?

9. Montgomery goes into a fantasy about being by his father's side when he died when in fact he wasn't in the city. Why does Montgomery tell this story?

10. Why does Montgomery tell the court about his bad moods as a child?

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