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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 Mr. Corcoran offer the group after his violent mood swing after they arrive at the house?

2. What drug does Richard take from Judy while he is in her room?

3. What does the letter Richard receives from Julian before Bunny's funeral tell him?

4. How does Richard describe the tone of the letter he receives from Henry before Bunny's funeral?

5. When Charles sees Richard on Sunday night, for what does he ask?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Richard's behavior change after the discovery of Bunny's body?

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

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

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

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

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. What does Camilla reveal to Richard about her brother after she has moved out of the apartment she shares with Charles? How does Richard respond?

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

10. What does the doctor in the emergency room recommend for Francis? Why? What does Francis tell Henry about his childhood?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Richard want to become part of Prof. Morrow's class? Why does he want to become friends with the quirky and secretive group of Prof. Morrow's students? What compels him to withstand their rude treatment of him?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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