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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. How old is Bunny when he is murdered?
2. What drug does Richard take from Judy while he is in her room?
3. What is the motto of Hampden College?
4. What alibi does Henry invent to account for the group's time during the time of Bunny's murder?
5. Why are Camilla and Richard in Mrs. Corcoran's bathroom the day before the funeral?
Short Essay Questions
1. What poem does Henry read at Bunny's funeral and why? How does Richard respond to Henry's choice?
2. How do Bunny's parents react to his disappearance? What does Richard think of their reaction?
3. 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?
4. How do Bunny's friends at school respond to his death? What do they think happened to him?
5. Why does Charles become enraged with Henry? What does he believe Henry is trying to do?
6. Why is Charles arrested during the month following Bunny's murder? Why is Henry concerned about this?
7. Who is Cloke, and how does he appear in the story? What is important about his appearance?
8. What happens to the main characters at the climax of the story?
9. How does the search for Bunny finally come to a climax? Who is involved with the investigation at that point?
10. What happens the day after Bunny's murder that changes the group's plans significantly?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the opening of the story, Richard says "this is the only story I will ever be able to tell." What does he mean by this statement? Why is this the only story?
Essay Topic 2
Richard tells us that Julian has said "what is unthinkable is undoable." Discuss this comment as it applies to the story of this novel.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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