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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 buy from some boys passing by the accident?

2. What does Bell tell Carla Jean when he goes to find her in El Paso?

3. What does Carla Jean agree to do if Moss gives the money back?

4. What does the local sheriff tell Bell at the hotel?

5. Why does Bell choose this time to tell the story of his one regret?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is David lying about no one being with him at the scene of the traffic accident on the night Carla Jean was killed?

2. How does Chigurh retrieve the bag of money at the hotel?

3. Who in the family has kept in contact with Uncle Ellis and what does he already know about Bell before Bell can tell him?

4. Why does Moss pick up the hitchhiker in San Antonio?

5. How does Carla Jean react when Moss calls her to tell her and her mother to leave the house?

6. What major decision has Bell made about his life and how does he feel about it when he gets a call from Detective Cook in Odessa?

7. Describe the scene in which Chigurh has a car accident after leaving Carla Jean's house.

8. Who does Bell identify one of the dead victims as and why is this especially difficult for him?

9. What does Bell learn about the night of the traffic accident from talking to David's friend?

10. What does Moss ask the hitchhiker to promise him she will do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the overall setting for the novel. Why does McCarthy use the setting he does? What is the time period of the story? How important is the time period to the attitudes and issues of the characters?

Essay Topic 2

McCarthy is a master at dramatic devices. Choose an example of symbolism, metaphor, and irony, then briefly describe them and identify the technique which they embody.

Essay Topic 3

Create a brief character study of Loretta Bell. What does she look like? What are her positive personality traits? What are some of her negative characteristics? What are her hopes and fears? What motivates her--if anything--at this point?

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