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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 the local sheriff tell Bell at the hotel?
2. How does Chigurh kill Carla Jean?
3. What does Moss tell the hitchhiker about his wound?
4. Who does Bell call after leaving the hotel room crime scene the second time?
5. What does Moss tell the hitchhiker about himself?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who in the family has kept in contact with Uncle Ellis and what does he already know about Bell before Bell can tell him?
2. What does Moss tell the border guards in order to let him pass?
3. What does Bell learn about the night of the traffic accident from talking to David's friend?
4. Describe the scene in which Chigurh has a car accident after leaving Carla Jean's house.
5. Who does Bell identify one of the dead victims as and why is this especially difficult for him?
6. Which relative does Bell visit in this section?
7. What is the reaction of the man who owns the money when Chigurh returns it and wants to work for him?
8. How is Bell led to the hotel in Van Horn and what does he discover when he gets there?
9. How does Carla Jean react when Moss calls her to tell her and her mother to leave the house?
10. What threat does Chigurh make when Moss threatens to make him his special project?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Project into the future ten years and write a brief synopsis for Bell's life. Be sure to include emotional states as well as physical characteristics, geographic locations, work, hobbies, socialization, etc.
Essay Topic 2
"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 3
McCarthy uses more than one instance of irony in the story. Cite at least two other examples you can identify in the story and note why they are examples of irony. What is the major irony in the story? Explain.
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