2. Who do the policemen jokingly say they should call when they notice people at the Sea Breeze Motel pulling back the corners of their curtains to look out the windows?

3. What does Alex find most striking about Nona?

4. How old is Woody when Alex meets him?

5. What is the name of the person from Alex's message service that delivers the initial message from Raoul?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Bev initially keep the information about the affair between Nona and Augie a secret?

2. Why does Doug Carmichael keep his job with Adam and Eve Messenger Service a secret?

3. Why does Alex describe Raoul's world as "madness"?

4. What defense of the nurses does Valcroix offer when Raoul blames them for Woody's disappearance?

5. How does Beverly describe Woody?

6. How does Augie react to Milo's questioning him about the Touch and Nona Swopes?

7. Why does Milo say that Robin's trip to Japan puts Alex's and Robin's relationship in a new perspective?

8. What leads Beverly to immediately conclude that Milo is a cop even though she has not met him and he's not in uniform?

9. Why did Robin feel that putting in a koi pond might be beneficial to Alex?

10. Why did Norman Mathews (Noble Matthias) leave the law profession?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are dysfunctional families a theme of "Blood Test"? What examples of dysfunctional families do we see? What makes each family dysfunctional?

Essay Topic 2

How is determination used as a motif in the novel? Which characters exhibit determination? What are they determined to do?

Essay Topic 3

Why did the author choose first person point of view to tell this story? What advantages to using first person are there? What are the disadvantages?

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