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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Camilla react in the days following the murder in the field?

3. Where do Prof. Morrow's classes meet?

4. How does Richard get to the warehouse in East Hampton?

5. What information does Bunny possess after the trip to Rome that allows him to torment and threaten his friends?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Richard grow up and spend his high school years? What do we know about his family? How does he feel about his family? His hometown?

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

3. Richard engages in risky behavior for winter living, and his life begins to deteriorate. Why does this happen to Richard? Is he aware of the dangerous living situation he is in? Why does Richard refuse to ask for help?

4. Why is Hampden College closed in January and February? Where do students go during this time? In what position does this situation put Richard?

5. What does Richard learn about Henry during his lunch with Bunny? What happens at the end of the lunch? What does Richard learn about Bunny on the way home with Henry?

6. 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?

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

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

9. What surprises Richard when he enters the Greek class on the Monday after learning of Henry's plans to leave the country with Francis, Camilla and Charles? What surprises him even further when he asks Henry about what has been going on?

10. After the bacchanal, the group members are worried about Bunny. Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the events that lead to Julian Morrow's departure from Hampden? How does his departure affect the group? Do their opinions of and feelings for Julian change?

Essay Topic 2

Bunny has taken advantage of his friends, taken money, food, and possessions from them, and speak terribly of them. Yet the members of the group continue to include Bunny, allow him to take money from them, and to control their behavior. Why? How does this situation become increasingly intolerable to the group members and change their lives?

Essay Topic 3

What is the overall mood of this novel? How does the mood affect the story? What are some example of how the author portrays and uses mood?

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