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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 Bunny steal from the house refrigerator in Richard's dorm?
(a) A cheesecake.
(b) A tray of brownies.
(c) A chocolate cake.
(d) A black forest cake.

2. How does Camilla react in the days following the murder in the field?
(a) She loses her voice.
(b) She cannot stop crying.
(c) She becomes deaf.
(d) She cannot eat.

3. What does Bunny begin saying to his friends to upset and frustrate them after the night of the bacchanal?
(a) He will call the 'tips' line at the newspaper and report them.
(b) He will call Henry's parents and tell them.
(c) He will contact the farmer's wife and show her pictures of Henry.
(d) He will call the school president and claim his friends committed a murder.

4. What does Richard find on the table in Henry's apartment on Thursday morning after the group has been missing for four days?
(a) A piece of paper with airline reservation information.
(b) A piece of paper with Bunny's name on it, scratched out.
(c) An overdue book to return to the library.
(d) A gold engraved pocketwatch.

5. Where does Richard stay for the last few days of winter break before he can get into his dorm room?
(a) The dormitory.
(b) Charles and Camilla's country house.
(c) The warehouse.
(d) Henry's apartment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Richard find himself the morning after he collapses on the street and staggers to his room in the warehouse?

2. What shocking thing does Richard see when he enters Prof. Morrow's office on the first day of class?

3. Who among Richard's college friends are orphans?

4. Where did the group end up eating dinner during a ride in the country on the afternoon of the farmer's death?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

5. 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?

6. What does Richard find when he borrows a key and enters Henry's apartment? What clues does he put together about the activities of the past few days?

7. What arrangements does Richard make for winter break? Where does he go to find help? What does he find when he moves into his new place?

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

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

10. Why does Henry take Bunny to Italy? Does his plan work? How does Bunny behave in Italy?

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