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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 does Alex say habitual liars often lace their stories with?

2. What does Alex discover Matthias lied about buying from Mr. Swopes?

3. What sits atop the belfry of the church in the Retreat?

4. Who is the guard at the gate to the Retreat when Alex sneaks in?

5. Who does Nona tell Houten she told about their affair?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Alex set aside the magazine he's reading while he waits for Ezra to speak with Raoul?

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

3. 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?

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

5. How does Alex gain access to the trailer where Nona and Woody are staying?

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

7. Why did Alex buy Delano Hardy a guitar?

8. Why does Alex decide to follow the car he encounters as he leaves the Retreat?

9. Who does Nona say took Woody from the hospital and why?

10. What condition is Raoul in when Alex goes to pick him up in La Vista, and why is he like that?

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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