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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 Henry overhear the Corcorans talking about before Bunny's funeral?
(a) Their plans to move.
(b) Their request for an autopsy.
(c) Their financial troubles.
(d) Their relief that Bunny is dead.

2. What does the college president say about Bunny?
(a) "He was the spirit of the college."
(b) "He was a mystery to us all."
(c) "He touched people's lives."
(d) "He was a brave man."

3. When Charles sees Richard on Sunday night, for what does he ask?
(a) Five dollars.
(b) The key to Richard's room.
(c) Twenty dollars.
(d) Bunny's picture.

4. What drink is particularly popular with the young women taking care of Richard?
(a) Scotch and waters.
(b) Kamikazes.
(c) Bloody Mary's.
(d) Gin and tonics.

5. Where does Richard go after talking with Henry on the phone the night of Bunny's murder?
(a) To buy a six pack of beer.
(b) To find Camilla.
(c) To Judy Poovey's room.
(d) To find Charles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rika, Marion's friend, claim to have seen on the day of Henry's call to Marion?

2. Where does Richard take Francis in the middle of the night on Sunday night?

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

4. When Richard confronts Camilla about her brother, what does Camilla show him?

5. What does Richard find in Charles' apartment that reminds him of Bunny?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the doctor in the emergency room recommend for Francis? Why? What does Francis tell Henry about his childhood?

4. How do Bunny's parents react to his disappearance? What does Richard think of their reaction?

5. After Bunny dies, what positive qualities about his personality come to light from his other friends at school?

6. Where is Marion during Bunny's disappearance? What about her behavior seems unusual to the group?

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

8. What does Camilla reveal to Richard about her brother after she has moved out of the apartment she shares with Charles? How does Richard respond?

9. What poem does Henry read at Bunny's funeral and why? How does Richard respond to Henry's choice?

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

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