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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. Why does Moss leave the house at midnight?

2. What does Sheriff Bell not want listed on the report of Will Wyrick's murder scene?

3. How does Chigurh obtain a getaway car?

4. What type of weapon was used to kill the men at the crime scene?

5. What is on the flatbed truck that Bell stops driving through town?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Chigurh come to shoot Wells?

2. What makes Chigurh depart from the hotel where he has been staying?

3. How do Moss and Carla Jean part in Fort Stockton?

4. What happens as news of the murders begins to spread?

5. What does Chigurh do after he takes the medical supplies to his hotel room?

6. How does the author use foreshadowing with the discovery of Bill Wyrick's body?

7. Why does Bell become interested in Moss regarding the murders in the desert?

8. What is the premise of "No Country for Old Men"?

9. How is Chigurh able to overcome the deputy in the jail?

10. Why does Moss purchase tent poles and request a second room above the one he originally rented?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Project into the future ten years and write a brief synopsis for Bell's life. Be sure to include emotional states as well as physical characteristics, geographic locations, work, hobbies, socialization, etc.

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief character study of Anton Chigurh. What does he look like? What are his positive personality traits? What are some of his negative characteristics? What are his hopes and fears? What motivates him--if anything--at this point?

Essay Topic 3

The author uses more than one iteration on the theme of evil. Identify at least two examples about evil in the book. Then explain how each example supports the theme of evil.

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