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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. Where do Prof. Morrow's classes meet?
2. Under what conditions does Morrow admit Richard to his class?
3. What is the name of the hippie who owns the warehouse Richard lives in over winter break?
4. Why does Richard go to Henry's apartment on Thursday morning after the group has been missing for four days?
5. What happens to Henry while he is in Rome with Bunny?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. In Chapter 4, Henry asks Richard a serious question before telling him about the murder of the farmer. What does he ask, what does he mean by this question, and what has Richard been covering up?
3. Under what conditions does Prof. Morrow allow Richard to join his Greek class? How does Richard initially react? What does he decide to do?
4. What does Richard learn his friends have done? How does he react?
5. Where do Henry and Bunny go for winter break? Why does Henry come home early? Where is Bunny?
6. After the bacchanal, the group members are worried about Bunny. Why?
7. 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?
8. How does Bunny treat Richard during the weekend at Francis' house in the country? What important information about Richard becomes obvious to the group?
9. When Henry comes to Richard to ask questions about dosages and chemicals, what does he tell Richard about his plan to solve the group's problem with Bunny? How does Richard respond?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the first chapter, Richard explains had he remained in California, he "might have ended up in a cult." How important is the statement to the story? Explain how this statement is an example of the use of irony in a novel.
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
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?
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