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

2. What weapon does Chigurh use to kill the Mexicans in the hotel room?

3. Who fires at Moss from the hotel balcony?

4. Moss tells Carla Jean to go stay with her mother who lives in which city?

5. How does Chigurh obtain a getaway car?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Chigurh locate the bag of money?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain McCarthy's use of regionalism in the book. Cite examples of at least two different instances of regionalism, and explain why the author used them where he did.

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

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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