5. How long does it take Anna to return to watching her neighbors through the window after she begins to avoid the windows and the first floor altogether?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Wesley describe his feelings about Anna when he calls her back?

2. When Anna sees the Takeda boy in person for the first time in over a year, what are her observations about him?

3. What is demonstrated about Anna's character through the way she feels about Ethan after he leaves her house and mutters the words, "I'm scared" (285)?

4. What is the symbolism of the locket with Ethan's picture in it as portrayed in Anna's dream?

5. Before Anna is caught snooping in David's studio during his absence, what realization does she have about twenty-first century homes and the clues they offer to their inhabitants' personalities?

6. How does the author depict Anna's arrival at the decision to follow the second Jane Russell?

7. What is ironic about Anna's decision to leave the room when the second Jane Russell leaves a message on Anna's answering machine while staring at her through the window?

8. What major revelation about her own recent behavior does Anna have when Ed asks her what is going on in the rest of the neighborhood?

9. When Anna has time to analyze Ethan's body language during his lie about the second Jane Russell being his mother, what does she conclude about his clenched jaw?

10. How does Anna figure out that even though the email with the attached picture says it is from Jane Russell, it is not?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sensory details are used frequently by the author in order to underscore the theme of voyeurism within the novel. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used by the author set a particular mood for each of the three scenes.