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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what does Marlowe think he needs to do concerning his employment?
(a) Getting the promotion.
(b) Carrera undermining his authority.
(c) Looking for anothrer job.
(d) Finding out who is behind Carrera.

2. Where does Alex go to get a new license plate for the rental car?
(a) He doesn't need a new license plate.
(b) To a shopping center.
(c) To the Motor Vehicle Department.
(d) He gets one from an old contact.

3. What happened to the real Thomas Chelgrin?
(a) He was sent to Russia.
(b) There never was a Thomas Chelgrin.
(c) He died in the war.
(d) He was killed in the prisoner camp.

4. What does Alex do with it after he finds his gun?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Puts it in his back pocket.
(c) Pulls out the ammunition cartridge.
(d) Fires a shot.

5. Who kills Ursula?
(a) Chelgrin.
(b) Peterson.
(c) Joanna.
(d) Carrera.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Carrera doing at the opening to Chapter 44?

2. When they arrive at the hotel, about what does Alex have a premonition?

3. Why is Marlowe concerned about his employment?

4. Where do Joanna and Alex fly to from England?

5. Where do Joanna and Alex take a train to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who approaches Joanna and Alex immediately in London? What might the reader wonder and what does the person say that alleviates concern?

2. Who is Peterson and how was he involved in the entire situation?

3. What does Inamura use to free Joanna of the compulsion?

4. What does Joanna reveal under hypnosis about Herr Doktor? How does Alex feel hearing it and what does his reaction suggest to you?

5. How is the theme of romance explored in Chapters 42-44?

6. How does Alex feel about the inn where they stop and what does it make him wonder? What type of theme might his situation bring up?

7. What is Carrera ordered to do when Joanna leaves Japan? How does he feel about the orders? What does his thoughts evoke in the reader?

8. What happens to Alex and Joanna's hotel room and what might this suggest to the reader?

9. What does the hypnosis session do in the novel as far as narrative technique is concerned?

10. What bad decision does Rotenhausen make and how does Joanna use it to save herself?

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