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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. Which of the following does Chigurh NOT do when he arrives at Carla Jean's mother's house?

3. Why does Bell consider going to El Paso after he is finished at the hotel in Van Horn?

4. What refreshment does the man in #145 offer to Bell?

5. What is Chigurh's response when Moss asks where Wells is?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Bell tell Ellis about his greatest regret in life?

3. What does Chigurh explain while shooting the man who sent Carson Wells to kill him?

4. Does Moss enjoy talking to the hitchhiker he has picked up?

5. Describe Chigurh's actions after he breaks into Carla Jean's mother's house in Odessa.

6. What does Moss tell the hitchhiker about his life and its turn of events?

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

8. Why does Bell call for reinforcements and how does Chigurh elude them?

9. How is Moss' offer to give up the money thwarted by Chigurh?

10. How does the hitchhiker react when Moss gives her a thousand dollars?

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

Create a brief character study of Llewelyn Moss. 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

Create a brief character study of Carla Jean Moss. 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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