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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 have Charles bring to Richard on the morning before Greek class?

2. What book does Henry quote at the end his letter to Richard before Bunny's funeral?

3. Why is the mirror in Charles and Camilla's apartment cracked?

4. How do the members of the group spend their first dew days back at college after Bunny's funeral?

5. What do Charles and Francis argue about the day before the funeral?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

4. In the days before the funeral, what captures the attention of Bunny's family the most? Why are they concerned, and what does their concern confirm for Richard about Bunny's family?

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

6. Where is Marion during Bunny's disappearance? What about her behavior seems unusual to the group?

7. 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?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Bunny has taken advantage of his friends, taken money, food, and possessions from them, and speak terribly of them. Yet the members of the group continue to include Bunny, allow him to take money from them, and to control their behavior. Why? How does this situation become increasingly intolerable to the group members and change their lives?

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

How do Richard and Bunny serve as foils for each other? What qualities does each bring out in the other that are important to the plot of the novel?

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