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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 footwear is John Wesley wearing in the store?

2. What does the orchard keeper experience when he enters his house?

3. Where is the old man that saw Sylder in the woods?

4. What item does Kenneth claim to need when asked by the storekeep?

5. What reason does Sylder give for the man being under the truck?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the most that John Wesley has ever caught in his traps?

2. What does Kenneth say he is looking for and why does this confuse the storekeep?

3. What other possible explanation could there be for Sylder's driving fast to elude the police?

4. Where does Sylder dispose of the body and whose presence is he unaware of?

5. How does John Wesley acquire his animal traps?

6. What are the circumstances in which Sylder once again encounters the old man?

7. What does the man in Sylder's car want and what does Sylder end up doing?

8. How does Sylder end up killing the man?

9. What does the orchard keeper do when he returns to his house?

10. What insight is revealed about Sylder's background?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief character study of the orchard keeper 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 at this point?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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