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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 are the two things Richard and his parents always fight about?
(a) His car and money.
(b) Money and school.
(c) His brother and sister.
(d) School and his car.

2. About what word do Prof. Morrow and Richard have a short conversation?
(a) Pythagoras.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Doctor.

3. How does Francis describe the group's appearance on the night of the murder?
(a) Wearing sheets, sandals, and drunk.
(b) Wearing towels, barefoot and soaked in whiskey.
(c) Wearing sheets, boots and covered in mud.
(d) Wearing sheets, barefoot and soaked in blood.

4. Where are Henry and Bunny going for winter vacation?
(a) India.
(b) Charles' farm.
(c) Europe.
(d) Home to their families.

5. How does Dr. Roland reward Richard for his hard work during winter break?
(a) Offers him a letter of recommendation.
(b) Promotes him to another job.
(c) Gives him his own small office.
(d) Gives him a raise.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Richard ask his supervisor at his job?

2. When he cannot find any of his friends and begins to worry, who does Richard call to ask for Francis?

3. How does Henry react to Bunny's discovery when he finds Bunny sitting at his desk?

4. To what subject does Richard switch his major without his parents' knowledge?

5. What show did Richard watch on Sunday nights as a child?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Henry comes to Richard to ask questions about dosages and chemicals, what does he tell Richard about his plan to solve the group's problem with Bunny? How does Richard respond?

2. What do Francis and Henry tell Richard about Bunny's behavior since the murder? How is Bunny treating the members of the group, and how are they responding?

3. How and why does Richard end up at Hampden College? How does he get to the college from his home?

4. How does Bunny die? What part do the group members have in his death?

5. How does Richard finally meet and speak to students in Professor Morrow's Greek class? How do the students respond to him?

6. Richard engages in risky behavior for winter living, and his life begins to deteriorate. Why does this happen to Richard? Is he aware of the dangerous living situation he is in? Why does Richard refuse to ask for help?

7. Where did Richard grow up and spend his high school years? What do we know about his family? How does he feel about his family? His hometown?

8. Who is dead at the opening of the book? Why does the author begin his story this way? What do we know about the dead boy in the opening paragraphs of the book?

9. Where do Henry and Bunny go for winter break? Why does Henry come home early? Where is Bunny?

10. From whom does Richard get the extra money he needs to implement his plan to impress Prof. Morrow and the Greeks studies students? What does the lender think Richard is going to do with the money? What does Richard actually do with the money?

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