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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 charges the men?

2. Where is the man brutally murdered?

3. To whom does the Judge compare warmongers?

4. What part of the body does the arrow hit the Kid?

5. Who does the Kid dream about?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does Chapter 20 show a theme of evil?

2. What does the Judge say to Tobin and the Kid?

3. In Chapter 21 how do the Kid and Tobin recover?

4. What does the Kid do after he recovers from his wound?

5. How do Toadvine and the Kid escape the Indians?

6. What do the women do with the boy in the cage?

7. What happens to the boy's puppies?

8. Describe how Elrod gets killed.

9. Who wants to join the gang in Chapter 17?

10. How does the Kid survive the snow and the soldiers' onslaught?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the characters of the Kid and Judge Holden.

1) In what way are their morals different?

2) What is their relationship to each other?

3) Why is it significant that the Judge kills the Kid at the end?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the representation of Indians in the novel.

1) What Indian tribes are represented in the book. What are the histories of these tribes and in what way were they involved with the Mexican War.

2) Compare a historical account of an Indian tribe in the book with McCarthy's representations. Does he have a certain aim in mind for presenting the Indians as he or does he just want to represent it how it really was?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss whether you think this statement is true or false: "The violence in Blood Meridian is often unnecessary and serves little purpose." Use two examples from the novel to support your argument.

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