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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 news does Francis give Richard when he returns to Richard's room the night after they are drunk together?
2. What does Henry tell Julian while Richard and Francis are in the office?
3. What does Henry overhear the Corcorans talking about before Bunny's funeral?
4. What message from the Corcorans does Henry relay in his letter to Richard?
5. When Richard confronts Camilla about her brother, what does Camilla show him?
Short Essay Questions
1. What information does Cloke provide that causes the members of the group to realize the focus of the investigation might shift away from any suspicion being directed at them?
2. 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?
3. How do Bunny's friends at school respond to his death? What do they think happened to him?
4. How does Richard's behavior change after the discovery of Bunny's body?
5. How does the search for Bunny finally come to a climax? Who is involved with the investigation at that point?
6. What does Richard begin to understand about Henry as the novel draws to its climax?
7. Why is Charles arrested during the month following Bunny's murder? Why is Henry concerned about this?
8. How does the group manage as the guests of the Corcorans in the days before Bunny's funeral?
9. What issue does Richard struggle with after Bunny's death? To what does he attribute the group's actions?
10. What do the members of the group find peculiar about Bunny's father the day before the funeral?
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
In Chapter Six, Richard explains why he admires Henry and Julian and their work in Greek. Why does he admire them and their relationships with the Greek language?
Essay Topic 3
In this novel, the lines between protagonist and antagonist are blurry. Who do you consider to be the protagonist(s) in the story? The antagonist(s)? Support your position.
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