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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 game does the group play while Charles and Cloke go to Bunny's dorm room?

2. What brand of cigarettes does Camilla pull from her pocket when talking with Richard about her brother?

3. What does Henry have Charles bring to Richard on the morning before Greek class?

4. What does Richard mumble aloud while Bunny's father collapses in tears?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How do the police finally become involved in the search for Bunny's body? How do the group members react to the police involvement?

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There were a great number of clues visible to Bunny concerning his fate. What character flaws does Bunny have that prevents him from being able to see the plot of his own demise? Discuss.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

While talking to Richard, Julian makes the statement "with young people, you never can tell." What does this expression mean about young people in general and the characters in this novel specifically?

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