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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 is the Moonglow Lounge?

2. What happens when Alex and Joanna start kissing?

3. What sets Joanna into a terrible panic attack?

4. Why is Kennedy refusing medical assistance?

5. When Alex is fighting the man, what happens to stop the fight?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Joanna have when she gets back in her apartment and what do you think might be the reason?

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

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

5. Describe what happens in Joanna's session with Inamura.

6. What does Mariko encourage Alex to do and why?

7. What do you think Joanna's behavior might indicate?

8. Why does Joanna run from Nijo Castle and what does she do after she gets outside?

9. What does Alex tell Joanna about love and how does she feel about his assertions? What might this conversation establish for the reader?

10. How does Joanna wake from her recurring nightmare? How often does she have it and why do you think she will not do anything about it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Alex realizes he has seen Joanna before. She was a kidnap case he worked on. The chances that Alex would end up in the city where this woman has been hiding out for twelve years seems to be astronomical, tipping the reader off to the idea that something may be at work here that is not completely clear at this point.

1. Do you think Alex ending up in a city half way across the world and walking into a lounge where the singer is the woman he had looked for ten years earlier is a stretch of the imagination? Why or why not?

2. After researching narrative contrivance explain, with examples of why you think the above situation may or may not be one.

3. Discuss a remarkable coincidence that has occurred in your life, in the life of someone you knew or one that you heard or read about. Include in your discussion why it might illustrate the saying: "Life is stranger than fiction."

Essay Topic 2

Joanna tries to commit suicide, underscoring for the reader how difficult the nightmares and panic attacks have been for her.

1. Why does Joanna attempt suicide?

2. Do you think Joanna has other options rather than suicide?

3. Do you think suicide is a reasonable option for any situation?

4. Would you believe Joanna when she says she will not attempt suicide again? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Mariko then suggests again that Joanna visit her uncle and undergo hypnosis. This is the third time Mariko has mentioned this option, foreshadowing that it would become an avenue Joanna would travel.

1. What do you think a psychiatrist can do to help someone with nightmares?

2. Would you go to a psychiatrist for help with a recurring nightmare?

3. Why do you think many people resist the idea of seeing a psychiatrist? Do you think Joanna is one of those people? Or is it perhaps part of the brainwashing that she has been through?

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