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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. Rinthy tells the old woman that she is looking for the tinker to ________________.

2. What is the woman in the garden doing?

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

4. What is the concern of the person walking through the woods?

5. Culla's sister tells the family in the house that she is looking for ______________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What haunting experience does Culla have the next morning?

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

3. What commotion does Culla experience when he reaches the town of Cheatham?

4. How does McCarthy introduce the tinker in the story?

5. Who is Clark and what job does he offer to Culla?

6. Who provides Culla with a small job and what other kindness does he show Culla?

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

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

9. What does the tinker do when he first finds the baby?

10. How does the unnamed man get the tinker to leave the cabin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create a brief character study of Rinthy. 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?

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief character study of Culla. 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

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?

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