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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 soldiers accuse the Kid of being part of ___________.

2. What kind of teeth does the guard have?

3. What do the men receive in a shipment?

4. How many men die within ten days?

5. What is the name of the village where the gang heads next?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the gang's journey toward Texas.

4. Describe the Kid's time in town with the other recruits.

5. How does the Kid get to Nacogdoches?

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

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

8. What does the sergeant want from the Kid?

9. What does the company find at the hut?

10. Why does the Captain want to fight the Mexicans?

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

Look at the racism portrayed in Blood Meridian. Do you think it stops just at the African American or are people like the Kid wronged against? Is the Glanton gang's battles against the Indians and the Mexicans racially motivated? Why do you think the Glanton gang accepts Black Johnson even going so far as telling the proprietor he had the right to be served? Was racism mostly restricted to the middle and upper classes in the 19th century? If so, why was this the case?

Essay Topic 3

Examine how much the Kid's upbringing was responsible for the person he became? What did he learn from his parents that made him into the person he became? How much did his father's blaming him for his mother's death affect him? Did it make him become a cold person? Would things have been any different if had met less violent people on his travels?

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