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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. Whose music does Alex play on the radio during his drive to get Raoul out of jail?

2. Who does Houten tell Alex died of cancer ten years ago?

3. What does Doug suggest Nona give Woody to eat?

4. What is the name of Richard Moody's lawyer?

5. What color is the door to Augie's dorm?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason does Ezra give Alex for leaving very quickly the first time he met Mr. Swopes?

2. Why does Ezra say it's doubtful that Marla and Nona spent much time together when Nona was young?

3. Why does the optimism in Garland Swope's ledgers end in Volume X?

4. What is strange about the bookshelf in Matthias' room?

5. Why does Alex decide that Sheriff Houten isn't the right person for him to go to in order to get straight answers about the Swopes?

6. What is Alex's initial impression of the Touch's Retreat?

7. What reason does Raoul give Alex for choosing oncology as his specialty?

8. What does Alex think about as he tries to fall asleep on his first night in the Bel-Air Hotel?

9. What is significant about the back road Alex notices on the county map in the La Vista police station?

10. Why doesn't Nona want to return Woody to the hospital?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What outward appearance does the Touch portray to the public? What is the reality of the situation? What really happens at the Retreat?

Essay Topic 2

How is Nona's life impacted by her father's incestuous experiments? What affect does it have on her psyche? How does she act because of it?

Essay Topic 3

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

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