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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. Who answers Wells' phone when Moss tries to call him?
2. What refreshment does the man in #145 offer to Bell?
3. What city do Carla Jean and her mother head to after leaving Odessa?
4. What town does Moss drive to and rent two motel rooms for himself and the hitchhiker?
5. Why does Bell consider going to El Paso after he is finished at the hotel in Van Horn?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the scene in which Chigurh has a car accident after leaving Carla Jean's house.
2. How does Carla Jean react when Moss calls her to tell her and her mother to leave the house?
3. What do Bell and Ellis discuss regarding regrets?
4. Why is Chigurh waiting for Carla Jean when she returns home from her grandmother's funeral?
5. Describe Chigurh's actions after he breaks into Carla Jean's mother's house in Odessa.
6. What does Moss ask the hitchhiker to promise him she will do?
7. What does Moss tell the border guards in order to let him pass?
8. How does Carla Jean's mother feel about having to leave her home in Odessa to go into hiding?
9. What does Chigurh explain while shooting the man who sent Carson Wells to kill him?
10. What does Bell learn about the night of the traffic accident from talking to David's friend?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in the story. Which of the characters are lonely? Are they all lonely in some way? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.
Essay Topic 3
Explain McCarthy's use of regionalism in the book. Cite examples of at least two different instances of regionalism, and explain why the author used them where he did.
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