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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 happens when Bell is eating dinner?

2. Where is Chigurh when the novel begins?

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

4. Who is dead and lying in the car's trunk?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the scene when Moss returns home after being gone so long on his hunting expedition.

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

3. Describe the encounter between Moss and Chigurh in Moss' hotel room.

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

5. What does Wells tell Moss that his job is regarding Chigurh?

6. Who is McIntyre and what is his role in the murder case?

7. How has crime escalated from the time that Moss first took office in law enforcement?

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

9. What does Carla Jean reveal to Bell about Moss' whereabouts?

10. How is Moss injured while escaping his hotel and when does he finally get some medical attention?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Describe Moss' hitchhiker. What is her role in the story? What was the author trying to accomplish by creating the hitchhiker character in the novel?

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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