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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 realize when he is eating the back-to-school dinner alone in the commons?

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

3. Who is standing next to Julian Morrow in the photo Richard sees when visiting Henry's apartment?

4. Why does Richard believe it is obvious to anyone that the group's story to Bunny to explain the blood was not true?

5. When Richard first asks to join Prof. Morrow's class, what does he learn?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What do Francis and Henry tell Richard about Bunny's behavior since the murder? How is Bunny treating the members of the group, and how are they responding?

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

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

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 does Richard learn his friends have done? How does he react?

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

9. What does Bunny tell Henry about the night of the bacchanal? What does Henry realize Bunny has done during his illness to obtain the information he has? Why is this important?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Setting is often an important element of a novel. Describe the setting of this story. How does the setting affect this novel? Why is it important to the plot?

Essay Topic 2

What happens at the recreation of the Bacchanal the group participates in without Richard? How does this become a major part of the structure of the rising action?

Essay Topic 3

Richard tells us that Julian has said "what is unthinkable is undoable." Discuss this comment as it applies to the story of this novel.

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