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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 "Shady Brook'?
(a) A suburb of Boston.
(b) A country club subdividion.
(c) A suburb of New Haven.
(d) A new housing development near Hartford.

2. Who answers the door when the group arrives at the Corcoran's home?
(a) Bunny's father.
(b) The servant.
(c) Bunny's sister.
(d) Bunny's mother.

3. Who do Henry and and Richard find at Charles and Camilla's apartment when they show up on Thursday after Bunny's murder?
(a) Edmund Corcoran.
(b) Jules Feiffer.
(c) Julian Morrow.
(d) Cloke Rayburn.

4. What news does Francis give Richard when he returns to Richard's room the night after they are drunk together?
(a) Camilla has left school.
(b) Julian has kicked Francis out of the class.
(c) Camilla has moved out of the apartment.
(d) Henry has been arrested.

5. How does Richard describe the tone of the letter he receives from Henry before Bunny's funeral?
(a) Panic-stricken.
(b) Friendly and newsy.
(c) Stilted and formal.
(d) Sad and lonely.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard witness in Charles and Camilla's apartment after Charles returns from jail that astounds him?

2. Why is the mirror in Charles and Camilla's apartment cracked?

3. Who comes to Richard's room the night after Jake Teitelbaum's party?

4. When Francis and Sophie wake Richard the morning after they are all drunk together, what does Francis say to Richard in Greek?

5. To whom does Richard compare himself after he stands in the bathroom and cries the day after Bunny's murder?

Short Essay Questions

1. What in Bunny's letter found after his death reveals to Henry that the letter is not a prank but actually written by Bunny?

2. In the days before the funeral, what captures the attention of Bunny's family the most? Why are they concerned, and what does their concern confirm for Richard about Bunny's family?

3. How does Richard's behavior change after the discovery of Bunny's body?

4. What does Richard begin to understand about Henry as the novel draws to its climax?

5. What do Charles and Francis argue about the day before the funeral? Of what does Richard feel this and the other arguments among the group members is symptomatic?

6. How do the group members relate to each other following Bunny's funeral? Why does Richard think they are all reacting this way?

7. What happens to the main characters at the climax of the story?

8. Why does Charles become enraged with Henry? What does he believe Henry is trying to do?

9. What do the members of the group find peculiar about Bunny's father the day before the funeral?

10. Who is Cloke, and how does he appear in the story? What is important about his appearance?

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