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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 interests the boys about the man?

2. Who does the diner owner not serve?

3. What does Glanton use to make the men chose who shoots the injured men?

4. Glanton and the Judge convince the doctor he is in danger of ___________.

5. With whom does the man share his memories?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what way does Chapter 20 show a theme of evil?

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

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

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

6. Describe how Elrod gets killed.

7. Describe the fight between the locals and the gang.

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

9. What happens to the boy's puppies?

10. How do Toadvine and the Kid escape the Indians?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Examine the novel's violence.

1) Is the violence accurate to how it really was?

2) How did such an environment affect characters like the Kid? Did they become immune to the violence? How would someone like the Kid cope when he is back in normal society having seen so much death?

3) Does McCarthy representation of violence have a point to make about contemporary society?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1) What were the main concerns during the 1850s. How does McCarthy express these concerns?

2) In what ways do you think the novel's meaning would change if it were set in today's society?

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