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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 happens to the narrator's shares in Part II?

2. Whose party does the narrator go to in Part II?

3. Who is the prop director for the narrator's project?

4. Who is the narrator's best friend?

5. What kind of car does the narrator drive?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator threaten Matthew Younger with in order to get Younger to do what he wants?

2. What actor does the narrator become fixated upon, and why?

3. Who eventually helps connect the narrator with the person who runs his apartment project for him, and how does he do this?

4. What are some of the accommodations and deals the narrator has to make to have his apartment dream become a reality?

5. What does Matthew Younger suggest to the narrator about his investments in Part II?

6. What does the narrator tell his friends about his settlement?

7. What does the narrator's physical therapist focus on during his recovery?

8. What are the terms of the narrator's settlement?

9. What strange fantasy does the narrator indulge in in Part I regarding the young homeless man?

10. What group of employees does the narrator have a particularly difficult time working with?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What events and circumstances make the narrator the most upset, agitated, and/or angry throughout the course of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Do you think McCarthy intends for the reader to feel any measure of sympathy for the narrator by the end of this novel? Why or why not? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What particular element of the real bank robbery leads to the death of the robber reenactor Number Four in the bank? What "lesson" does the narrator seem to take from the robber reenactor's death? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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