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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. Eventually, what is Johanna suggesting of the theater?

2. What is the author's focus at the end of "Angry Shadows?"

3. What is the author's search for Pachita representative of?

4. What does Johanna envision her mind laboratory to be like?

5. What is truly at the core of Pachita's work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jesus' appearance mean for Johanna?

2. Pachita goes by two different names. What are those names?

3. Who discovers the Mind Control program and what is it?

4. What is the overall tone and feeling of Johanna's childhood?

5. Growing up, what did many townspeople consider Johanna to be?

6. What does the author seem to be searching for at the beginning of the novel?

7. What is the double meaning for the words "Mind Control."

8. Who is Great Aunt Dixie?

9. As the book begins, what business is the author undertaking?

10. As she discovers the powers of being near the theater, what spirits does Johanna meet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1. Explain the Mind Control program.

2. Who runs the program and what characters are vital to the organizations?

3. Discuss the dual nature of the name "Mind Control."

4. Does the name of the group lead the reader to assume they have other interests than helping humanity?

Essay Topic 2

1. Compare the characters of Damon and Beck.

2. How are they similar and different from one another?

3. Why do you think the author chose to use pseudonyms for both characters?

4. Explain the term literary "foil." How does the author establish Damon and Beck to be foils for one another?

Essay Topic 3

Johanna attempts to establish Hermanito as an evil, angered, and manipulative entity. How does Hermanito manipulate the following people below?

Pachita

Johanna

Tom

Johanna's father

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