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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 does the Kid do to stop the surgery from being painful?

2. Which of the characters scalps the dead?

3. Which two characters are lost in the desert?

4. Where is the man brutally murdered?

5. Who arrests the Kid in the tavern?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how the man dies.

2. How does the gang celebrate its victory?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does the Kid do after he recovers from his wound?

9. How does the book end?

10. Summarize the novel.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What comparisons can be drawn between Samuel Chamberlain's My Confession and Blood Meridian? Which is the more accurate account and why? Why does McCarty uses Chamberlain's novel as a reference point?

Essay Topic 2

The main themes in the novel are violence, good and evil, and religion. Take one of these themes and discuss how mcCarthy expresses them in the book? Why do you think these themes were important concerns in 1850s America?

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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