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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 does Chigurh use for target practice as he drives?

2. Who does Wells notice is shot dead in a rocking chair at the hotel?

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

4. How does Moss get back to Sanderson?

5. Why does Moss offer to give the hotel clerk the money in #39?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Chigurh come to shoot Wells?

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

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

6. How does Chigurh locate the bag of money?

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

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

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

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

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

Create a brief character study of Sheriff Bell. 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 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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