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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 do when he hears about Joanna?

2. What have the paramedics done to Joanna?

3. What does the bellhop come to tell Alex?

4. What does Thomas survive?

5. To what field does Thomas turn his attention after becoming wealthy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do you think the episode with Wayne shows about the people who kidnapped Lisa?

2. What does Alex tell Joanna when they meet and how does she respond?

3. What does Alex do at the hospital, who does he call, and what does he tell that person?

4. Where was Joanna born and why is she in Japan?

5. What does Alex tell Joanna about Thomas Chelgrin and his daugther?

6. Where does Alex go with Joanna and what becomes clear to them about her?

7. What happens to Joanna that might suggest she is Lisa? What do you think it might mean?

8. What does Alex realize about Joanna when he keeps thinking about her?

9. What does Carrera learn about Joanna from a phone call and how does he respond? What might the reader deduce from this response?

10. Who is Mariko Inamura to Joanna and what does she suggest to Joanna?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Joanna has another panic attack due to Alex's story about Lisa Chelgrin. It gets better when Joanna decides not to see Alex again, suggesting Joanna's panic attack is an emotional barrier against emotional connections, a suggestion that is further confirmed when Mariko tells Alex that Joanna almost always has panic attacks when she feels a man is getting too close.

1. After research, discuss Joanna's behavior during her panic attacks and whether you believe her panic attacks are what would be considered classic panic attacks.

2. Why do you think Joanna decides not to see Alex again? Do you think her decision is based on denial of the possible real reasons for her panic attacks? Why or why not?

3. In real life many people, male and female, have a tendency to have negative reactions when they begin to get too close to someone. Discuss why you think a person would want to push someone away because they might be afraid of intimacy, or they might not feel good enough for the person or they are afraid of eventual rejection. These are all common reactions to intimacy. Include in your discussion whether you think Joanna's reaction is based on any of these reasons.

Essay Topic 2

Under further regression, Joanna also reveals that all her memories of Lisa Chelgrin are gone and that she will most likely never recover them. The completeness of this brainwashing should be frightening to the reader, showing how vulnerable Lisa Chelgrin was and how violating Herr Doktor was toward her, both physically and mentally.

1. What do you think is the emotional impact of finding out you are not who you thought you were? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. Discuss in depth the moral and legal implications of what Herr Doktor did to Lisa. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. It would be one thing to find out you were a different person than you thought you were. What would be the farther impact on Lisa of finding out that not only was she a different person than she thought but that her early memories are completely gone so she'll never know exactly who she was?

Essay Topic 3

Thomas Chelgrin is introduced for the first time despite having been discussed several times between Alex and Joanna. The reader believes Chelgrin to be an evil man who orchestrated his own daughter's kidnapping. However, when the reader meets Chelgrin, he is almost sympathetic, as though he is as much a victim as his daughter.

1. What were your first impressions of Thomas Chelgrin and how did they change after his encounter with Lisa? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

2. Why do you think Thomas Chelgrin might have been a victim? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

3. Now that the reader knows how much Thomas Chelgrin has given up in his life for his country would you think him very patriotic? Why or why not? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

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