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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. From where does Chigurh watch the police activity at the hotel in Van Horn?

2. What does Bell pass on his way to Van Horn?

3. What does Moss tell the hitchhiker about his wound?

4. Why does Bell consider going to El Paso after he is finished at the hotel in Van Horn?

5. What did Loretta tell Uncle Ellis in her last letter to him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the reaction of the man who owns the money when Chigurh returns it and wants to work for him?

2. Why does Bell call for reinforcements and how does Chigurh elude them?

3. What does Moss tell the border guards in order to let him pass?

4. How does the hitchhiker react when Moss gives her a thousand dollars?

5. Why is David lying about no one being with him at the scene of the traffic accident on the night Carla Jean was killed?

6. What does Bell learn about the night of the traffic accident from talking to David's friend?

7. Why is Chigurh waiting for Carla Jean when she returns home from her grandmother's funeral?

8. How does Chigurh retrieve the bag of money at the hotel?

9. Who in the family has kept in contact with Uncle Ellis and what does he already know about Bell before Bell can tell him?

10. Why does Chigurh do a coin toss before killing Carla Jean?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Moss' hitchhiker. What is her role in the story? What was the author trying to accomplish by creating the hitchhiker character in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief character study of Sheriff Bell. What does he look like? What are his positive personality traits? What are some of his negative characteristics? What are his hopes and fears? What motivates him--if anything--at this point?

Essay Topic 3

Explain McCarthy's use of regionalism in the book. Cite examples of at least two different instances of regionalism, and explain why the author used them where he did.

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