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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 kind of vehicle does Moss buy in San Antonio?
2. What does Bell tell Carla Jean when he goes to find her in El Paso?
3. What does Moss notice about the hitchhiker?
4. What smell is predominant in Bell's uncle's house?
5. What does Bell see at the hotel in Van Horn?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Chigurh's actions after he breaks into Carla Jean's mother's house in Odessa.
2. What is the reaction of the man who owns the money when Chigurh returns it and wants to work for him?
3. What does Moss tell the hitchhiker about his life and its turn of events?
4. How does Carla Jean react when Moss calls her to tell her and her mother to leave the house?
5. Who in the family has kept in contact with Uncle Ellis and what does he already know about Bell before Bell can tell him?
6. What does Bell tell Ellis about his greatest regret in life?
7. Why is Chigurh waiting for Carla Jean when she returns home from her grandmother's funeral?
8. Why does Moss pick up the hitchhiker in San Antonio?
9. What does Chigurh explain while shooting the man who sent Carson Wells to kill him?
10. Describe the scene in which Chigurh has a car accident after leaving Carla Jean's house.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
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?
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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