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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 do the police officers find in Bunny's room when they are called in to help find Bunny?
(a) Bunny's wallet and Henry's photo.
(b) Bunny's wallet and tickets to the Met in New York.
(c) Bunny's wallet and a copy of an article about the Rivera.
(d) Bunny's wallet with his ID and two hundred dollars.

2. When Richard confronts Camilla about her brother, what does Camilla show him?
(a) The injuries Charles inflicted on her body.
(b) The tattoo she had on her arm.
(c) The tattoo she got on her leg.
(d) The scar she received from a fall.

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

4. What suggestion does Henry make to Richard when Richard admits he is very worried after Bunny's murder?
(a) Get a massage.
(b) Read a suspense novel.
(c) Think in a different language.
(d) Take a hot bath.

5. What does Richard think is the most striking object on the playground at the Early Childhood Center?
(a) The twelve-swing swing set.
(b) The gigantic see-saw.
(c) The ball pit.
(d) The giant snail.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Francis not want to see a psychiatrist for his problems?

3. What about her son's death has Mrs. Corcoran concerned?

4. How does the press explain Bunny's death?

5. What do Bunny's parents do in the hopes of finding their son?

Short Essay Questions

1. What issue does Richard struggle with after Bunny's death? To what does he attribute the group's actions?

2. How does the group manage as the guests of the Corcorans in the days before Bunny's funeral?

3. 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?

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

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

6. What information does Cloke provide that causes the members of the group to realize the focus of the investigation might shift away from any suspicion being directed at them?

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

8. Why is Charles arrested during the month following Bunny's murder? Why is Henry concerned about this?

9. How does the search for Bunny finally come to a climax? Who is involved with the investigation at that point?

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

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