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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. In what part of the body is Tobin shot?

2. What kills the man's horse?

3. Who shoots the puppies?

4. Where does the gang camp?

5. How many days later do the Indians attack?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the confrontation between the Kid and the Judge in Chapter 22.

2. What happens between Glanton and the Indians in Chapter 16?

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

4. Describe the argument between the proprietor and Jackson in the diner.

5. On what do the Judge and the gang leaders agree?

6. How does the gang celebrate its victory?

7. Describe how the man dies.

8. How does the gang get to the town of Jesus Maria?

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

10. How does Glanton decide who kills the injured men.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Blood Meridian is a popular book which has greatly influenced modern literature. Choose a book written after Blood Meridian that you think was influenced by the novel and discuss their similarities in terms of:

a) plot

b) character

c) themes

Essay Topic 3

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?

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