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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 does Richard identify as the one opportunity he has to disengage from the group?
(a) When winter break comes again next year.
(b) When he leaves Henry's apartment after learning of the murder.
(c) When he returns to classes and his job.
(d) When he came to Hampden.

2. How does Richard inject himself into the Greek student's conversation in the library?
(a) He asks if Julian Morrow really knew T.S. Eliot.
(b) He suggests a newer Greek dictionary.
(c) He suggests the locative tense for a translation.
(d) He asks if he can sit with them and translate.

3. What happens to Henry while he is in Rome with Bunny?
(a) He develops malaria.
(b) He developes a migrana headache.
(c) He develops a stomach flu.
(d) He develops chickenpox.

4. Why does Richard believe it is obvious to anyone that the group's story to Bunny to explain the blood was not true?
(a) It is not deer season.
(b) There is a witness who saw the group at the scene of the murder.
(c) There is no damage to either car.
(d) There are no deer in that part of the state.

5. How does Richard find out about the warehouse accommodations?
(a) From Henry and Bunny.
(b) From the Student Referral Office.
(c) From a girl he meets at a party.
(d) From Prof. Morrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is standing next to Julian Morrow in the photo Richard sees when visiting Henry's apartment?

2. What is the next trip Bunny has planned for himself and Henry in the summer?

3. What does Richard overhear Francis say to Henry when the two are arguing in the back of Henry's apartment?

4. To what H.G. Wells character does Richard compare himself during the winter break?

5. How does Richard begin to feel about Bunny as the boy continues to torment him and his friends?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Judy Poovey? Where does Richard speak to her about Henry? What does Judy tell him about his new friend?

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

3. 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?

4. What role does Bunny play in the bacchanal? What does this allow him to do after the ritual is over?

5. What happens to Henry in Italy? How does Bunny react to his friend's problem?

6. 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?

7. In Chapter 4, Henry asks Richard a serious question before telling him about the murder of the farmer. What does he ask, what does he mean by this question, and what has Richard been covering up?

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

9. What does Richard learn his friends have done? How does he react?

10. What does Bunny tell Henry about the night of the bacchanal? What does Henry realize Bunny has done during his illness to obtain the information he has? Why is this important?

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