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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. In what state does the story take place?

2. Where does Chigurh locate the transponder's signals?

3. Which of the following is NOT an item that Chigurh buys at the Cooperative?

4. What does Chigurh use to wrap his wounded leg?

5. Why has Bell come to Odessa to see Carla Jean?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

8. How does Chigurh come to shoot Wells?

9. How does Chigurh secure the medical items he needs?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"No Country for Old Men" is written in the Western genre. What does that classification entail? Why does this novel fit into this category? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief character study of Carla Jean Moss. What does she look like? What are her positive personality traits? What are some of her negative characteristics? What are her hopes and fears? What motivates her--if anything--at this point?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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