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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. The man knows they are looking for __________.

2. What is the name of the group of men?

3. What do the Kid and Sproule see dead on the track?

4. What does the company come across in the middle of nowhere?

5. Which part of Sproule's body is badly injured?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the gang's time in Carralitos.

2. Describe The Kid's, Bathcat's and Toadvine's time in the cantina.

3. Why does Tobin admire the Judge?

4. Where is the Kid taken when he is arrested?

5. What do the Kid and Sproule find in the carreta?

6. What does the Judge do with the dead Indian?

7. How does the Kid find his donkey again?

8. How do the cattlemen help out the Kid?

9. How does Toadvine persuade Glanton to let him, the Kid and the Kentuckian soldier to join?

10. What does the bald man say is wrong with the preacher?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the impact of good and evil within our culture. Have representations of good and evil had a negative impact on society? Does the division of good and evil make things seem simpler than what they are? Does McCarthy subvert any ideas of good and evil in Blood Meridian?

Essay Topic 2

Blood Meridian is written in the third person.

1) Why do you think McCarthy chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would have changed if it were written in the first person?

2)Choose a character from the novel and discuss how the story would be different if he were the narrator?

Essay Topic 3

McCarthy has lived in Texas and Mexico, adhering to the rule that writers should always write about what they know. Do you think it is obvious that McCarthy knows his subject? What difference do you think it makes to the story? Are there any moments where you think McCarthy does not portray a character or setting so well?

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