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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. How much money does Chigurh give the hotel maid to not clean his room?

2. What is a wadcutter?

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

4. What is lying around the vehicles that Moss sees as he moves in closer?

5. How much money does Moss find in the dead man's case?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Moss try to prevent an intrusion into his room via the desk clerk and how does he realize that someone is in his room?

3. How does Chigurh come to shoot Wells?

4. Where does Moss stash the bag of money and why does he have the cab driver take him to a different hotel?

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

6. What is the first time that Chigurh uses a coin toss to make a decision?

7. What does Moss find in the money bag that makes him believe he will never be able to stop hiding or running?

8. What is the irony of Moss' endangering his own life when taking water to the dying man?

9. What does Carla Jean think when Bell shows up at her mother's house in Odessa?

10. How does Moss modify a weapon he buys and how does he dispose of unwanted parts?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The inevitability of evil takes on an almost human persona in this story. What is this literary technique called? Cite examples that support this position.

Essay Topic 3

The author uses more than one theme in the novel. Identify at least two themes in the story and then cite an example to support each theme.

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