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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 many desk clerks have been killed in the Eagle Pass hotel in less than a week?
2. Who answers Wells' phone when Moss tries to call him?
3. Why does Bell choose this time to tell the story of his one regret?
4. How much money had the man in the traffic accident given the person in #166 to forget him?
5. Where was the driver of the second vehicle found?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Moss' offer to give up the money thwarted by Chigurh?
2. How does the hitchhiker react when Moss gives her a thousand dollars?
3. What does Bell tell Ellis about his greatest regret in life?
4. How does Carla Jean's mother feel about having to leave her home in Odessa to go into hiding?
5. Why does Bell call for reinforcements and how does Chigurh elude them?
6. Why does Chigurh do a coin toss before killing Carla Jean?
7. Why does Moss pick up the hitchhiker in San Antonio?
8. Describe the scene in which Chigurh has a car accident after leaving Carla Jean's house.
9. Who in the family has kept in contact with Uncle Ellis and what does he already know about Bell before Bell can tell him?
10. Why is Chigurh waiting for Carla Jean when she returns home from her grandmother's funeral?
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 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 3
Explain the religious symbolism of the main characters--Bell, Moss and Chigurh. What was the author's intent by creating these characters in these symbolic roles? What message does McCarthy hope to leave for the reader in such symbolism?
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