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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Francis not want to see a psychiatrist for his problems?
(a) He is afraid to learn what is bothering him.
(b) He does not have the money to pay.
(c) He is not interested in healing.
(d) He had a bad experience with one as a child.

2. What is the motto of Hampden College?
(a) Learn by Experiencing.
(b) Learn by Doing.
(c) Learn by Seeing.
(d) Learn by Teaching.

3. What book does Henry quote at the end his letter to Richard before Bunny's funeral?
(a) The Bible.
(b) The Illiad.
(c) Plato's Orations.
(d) The Odyssey.

4. Where does Henry go after Bunny's body is found?
(a) To Maine with the Corcorans.
(b) To Julian's house in New Haven.
(c) To Connecticut with the Corcorans.
(d) To Francis' house in the country.

5. When Francis and Sophie wake Richard the morning after they are all drunk together, what does Francis say to Richard in Greek?
(a) "We have a serious problem."
(b) "You are in big trouble."
(c) "Henry has disappeared."
(d) "Important news, my friend."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the letter Richard receives from Julian before Bunny's funeral tell him?

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

3. Who do Henry and and Richard find at Charles and Camilla's apartment when they show up on Thursday after Bunny's murder?

4. What does Mrs. Corcoran want done with the wreaths delivered to her home?

5. What do the police officers find in Bunny's room when they are called in to help find Bunny?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

5. 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?

6. What poem does Henry read at Bunny's funeral and why? How does Richard respond to Henry's choice?

7. How do the police finally become involved in the search for Bunny's body? How do the group members react to the police involvement?

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

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

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

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