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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. Who arrests the Kid in the tavern?

2. What does Tobin tell the Kid he needs to kill?

3. Who leads the Sonoran cavalry?

4. With whom does the Judge turn up?

5. Who saves the side show man's brother from drowning?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the book end?

2. What happens to the boy's puppies?

3. Describe how Elrod gets killed.

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

5. What happens to the gang's Indian scouts?

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

7. The gang tries to convince the doctor of what?

8. Summarize the novel.

9. What does the Judge say to Tobin and the Kid?

10. How does the Kid survive the snow and the soldiers' onslaught?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Pick a character from the novel and discuss his goals and motives. Does he achieve his motives? Why? Does he share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do his goals clash with other characters? How do the characters' goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss McCarthy's life. In what way do you think his life and personality is reflected in the book? Note how his feelings about religion and philosophy enter his work.

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