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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 Bunny leave in Richard's mailbox before he leaves for winter break?
2. What information does Bunny possess after the trip to Rome that allows him to torment and threaten his friends?
3. What does Bunny do when the check arrives after his and Richard's long, expensive lunch?
4. What excuse does Henry give to Bunny for leaving the apartment when Bunny drops in after returning from Italy?
5. Who is George Laforgue?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Richard goes to meet with Julian to talk to him about misgivings he is having about his academics, who does he find talking with Julian? What are the two saying?
2. How does Richard finally meet and speak to students in Professor Morrow's Greek class? How do the students respond to him?
3. How does Bunny treat Richard during the weekend at Francis' house in the country? What important information about Richard becomes obvious to the group?
4. After the bacchanal, the group members are worried about Bunny. Why?
5. What do Francis and Henry tell Richard about Bunny's behavior since the murder? How is Bunny treating the members of the group, and how are they responding?
6. What arrangements does Richard make for winter break? Where does he go to find help? What does he find when he moves into his new place?
7. Why does Henry take Bunny to Italy? Does his plan work? How does Bunny behave in Italy?
8. Charles and Camilla tell Richard about Henry's education. What does Richard learn about Henry in this conversation? Why is he surprised?
9. How does Bunny die? What part do the group members have in his death?
10. In Chapter 4, Henry asks Richard a serious question before telling him about the murder of the farmer. What does he ask, what does he mean by this question, and what has Richard been covering up?
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
In this novel, we are told in the opening sentence Bunny is dead. Yet, the author creates suspense and rising action. Discuss the techniques the author uses to keep the reader engaged in the plot.
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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