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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 Henry overhear the Corcorans talking about before Bunny's funeral?

2. What drink is particularly popular with the young women taking care of Richard?

3. What alibi does Henry invent to account for the group's time during the time of Bunny's murder?

4. What message from the Corcorans does Henry relay in his letter to Richard?

5. How does Richard describe Bunny's memory at the college?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Charles become enraged with Henry? What does he believe Henry is trying to do?

4. How do the group members relate to each other following Bunny's funeral? Why does Richard think they are all reacting this way?

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

6. How do Bunny's friends at school respond to his death? What do they think happened to him?

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

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

9. What happens the day after Bunny's murder that changes the group's plans significantly?

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

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

Richard defines his fatal flaw as "a morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs." What does he mean by this? Is he correct? Support your answer.

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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