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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 real name of the leader of the Touch?

2. What is the name of the place where Doug once danced?

3. How long does Jan Rambo say Nona worked for her?

4. What kind of personality does Raoul say Alex once described him as having?

5. What nickname does Jan Rambo give Nona?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Moody approach Alex in the parking lot of the court house after his hearing?

2. Why is Alex frustrated when Raoul shows up for their first meeting regarding Woody?

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

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

5. How does Nona react to Raoul's inquiry about Woody's health in Chapter Three?

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

7. Why does Milo tell the receptionist that he does not need a warrant to see Jan Rambo?

8. What background does Diane Severe have that Alex believes makes her uniquely able to understand children?

9. Why does Raoul say the parents who were Jehovah's Witnesses, were happy when Raoul took them to court to force them to allow blood transfusions for their daughter?

10. How does Beverly describe Woody?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What makes "Blood Test" a crime novel? What aspects of the crime novel genre does the book contain?

Essay Topic 2

What are the three main settings of the novel? How do they differ from one another? How do each of them make Alex feel?

Essay Topic 3

How is Kellerman uniquely qualified to write a crime novel such as this? What is his background? How is he similar to Alex?

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