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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. How does Graciela feel about Terry's call?

2. Why does Graciela want Terry to find her sister's killer?

3. When Terry returns to his boat, what is he unable to do?

4. What meal do Terry and Graciela choose to have together to discuss the case?

5. How has Gloria's murder been captured?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Bolotov choose to attack Terry?

2. Who is responsible for solving Gloria's case and how do they react to Terry's desire for involvement?

3. What happens during Noone's hypnotism?

4. As Terry begins to go through all of the Cordell case information, what does he notice about the items?

5. Why does Terry always become so angry with his neighbor, Buddy?

6. Why do police rarely use hypnotism in their investigations?

7. What does Terry notice about Gloria's file information?

8. As the novel begins, what physical condition is Terry dealing with?

9. How does Buddy help to discover what is missing from James Cordell's personal effects?

10. Who denies Terry the ability to copy a very important aspect of the case?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Terry discovers that Gloria, Cordell, and Kenyon were are killed to give him a heart donor, he feels extreme guilt.

Examine Terry's reaction to this guilt and discuss how he chooses to make amends for "taking lives," when it was not actually his fault they were killed.

Essay Topic 2

While the drama of murder courses throughout the book, Terry is also discovering that he can be made vulnerable and possibly fall in love.

How is meeting Graciela good for Terry?

Why is she the driving force in the action of the book? If she had never come to find Terry, would the events in the book ever occurred?

Essay Topic 3

Because Blood Work is a mystery novel, foreshadowing seems almost necessary to keep the plot moving.

- Give three instances of foreshadowing from the book.

- Comment on whether or not you feel Connelly effectively used foreshadowing to keep the pace of his book exciting.

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