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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 the orchard keeper do as he drifts into thought?
2. How could the charges against John Wesley be dropped?
3. Who is the storekeep that Gifford questions about Ownby?
4. What is Sylder's destination as he drives tonight?
5. Which of the following boys does John Wesley encounter?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Gifford put pressure on John Wesley to give up information about Sylder?
2. Describe the activities of the wildcat as it tries to find dry quarters as well as something to eat.
3. Why does McCarthy wait until this point in the story to reveal the orchard keeper's formal name?
4. How else might the irony of Sylder and John Wesley's friendship be interpreted?
5. Describe the conversation in which Ownby gives John Wesley advice about his life.
6. Why can the authorities not be absolutely certain that the corpse is that of Kenneth Rattner and what do they tell Rattner's widow?
7. What information does John Wesley give to Gifford and what does Sylder say about it?
8. What does the orchard keeper do on a snowy morning involving the peach pit?
9. Describe Ownby's encounter with a welfare department agent in the jail.
10. How is Sylder finally apprehended for bootlegging?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Create a brief character study of the orchard keeper 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 at this point?
Essay Topic 2
Project into the future ten years and write a brief synopsis for the lives of John Wesley, Ownby and Sylder. Be sure to include emotional states as well as physical characteristics, geographic locations, work, hobbies, and socialization.
Essay Topic 3
McCarthy waits until almost the end of the novel to reveal the name of the orchard keeper. Why does he wait until this point? What does it mean when the reader finally knows the true identity of the orchard keeper? What is happening in the orchard keeper's life that erases any more secrecy about the old man? Explain.
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