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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 is the name of the Corcoran's dog?

2. What does Judy Poovey tell Richard in the hall when she sees him the day after Jake Teitelbaum's party?

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

4. What does Rika, Marion's friend, claim to have seen on the day of Henry's call to Marion?

5. Who does Richard bump into on his way home from Charles and Camilla's apartment after Charles is released from jail?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the members of the group find peculiar about Bunny's father the day before the funeral?

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

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

4. 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?

5. What happens to the main characters at the climax of the story?

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

7. 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?

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

There are only a few women in this story, and only one in the center of the action. Who is Camilla? Is she integral to the story? What role does she play in the plot of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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