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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the unnamed man buy from the vendor?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Bible.
(c) Pipe tobacco.
(d) Tea.

2. Where does Culla have dinner and stay the night?
(a) A friend's house.
(b) The squire's home.
(c) The woods.
(d) A bed and breakfast.

3. Who had made the path the vendor took in the woods?
(a) A party of hunters.
(b) Some kids playing.
(c) The man who left the baby.
(d) Animals.

4. What does the person in #19 hear in the woods?
(a) A wolf's howl.
(b) A child's cry.
(c) A gunshot.
(d) Thunder.

5. In what type of house does the unnamed man live?
(a) Farmhouse.
(b) Townhouse.
(c) Apartment.
(d) Log cabin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the unnamed man struggle on his way back to the cabin?

2. In what town does Culla look for work?

3. What is the condition of Culla's sister when he returns home?

4. What item had Culla sold to a townsman?

5. Who is Culla?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the tinker and the woman at his store decide to do with the baby?

2. What is Rinthy hoping to get when she locates the tinker?

3. Who are the three men who rescue Culla on the riverbank?

4. How does the wise old woman know that Rinthy just had a baby?

5. Why do the doctor's comments give Rinthy hope that her baby is still alive?

6. Why is Culla angry at his sister for digging in the grave?

7. Why is Culla angry at his sister for digging in the grave?

8. How does McCarthy introduce Culla and what are the circumstances of him and his sister?

9. What happens to the squire as he rides in search of Culla?

10. What is the significance of searching in this section?

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