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

2. Who is Culla?

3. Where is Culla when the group of men spots him?

4. What is Culla's last name?

5. Who is walking through the woods as this section opens?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the brother do with the newborn baby?

2. Describe the scenario of Culla waiting for a ferry.

3. What is the irony of Rinthy's sleeping by the campfire?

4. Who does Rinthy go in search of in the town she travels to with the family?

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

6. How does the sister's labor progress and what does the brother say about the newborn child?

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

8. Why does Culla head into town and where does he learn that he may find some work?

9. What does Culla do before going to the store again and what admonition does he give his sister before leaving?

10. Describe the kind old man who Culla encounters on his journey.

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 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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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