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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. Where do Joanna and Alex fly to from England?

2. Why did Chelgrin allow Lisa to be brainwashed?

3. What does Alex do in response to the nightmare he had?

4. What makes Alex so uneasy about the inn where they stopped?

5. To whom does Alex thinks the place he is belongs?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Peterson in Chapters 53-59, what does he witness, and what might the reader wonder about him because of his behavior?

2. Where is Alex when he wakes up and what does he do immediately? What does he find and what does it make him wonder?

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

4. 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?

5. What do Alex and Joanna find that show Chelgrin in a different light and what does he have that will help them find Herr Doktor?

6. How do Alex and Joanna leave London and what happens that surprises Alex? What does this make him suspect?

7. How might a reader respond to what is going on with Alex and what is the evidence to suggest that Alex and Joanna are being manipulated?

8. What is happening with Alex that might be similar to what was going on with Joanna? What might the reader wonder because of this?

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

10. Why did Peterson do what he did and what theme does it touch upon again?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Inamura then takes Joanna to the room where her nightmares take place. She begins to have a panic attack and Inamura says he believes it is the result of a post hypnotic suggestion. After some research on hypnosis choose one of the following questions:

1. What is hypnosis and why might it help Joanna? Use examples from the text and your research to support your answer.

2. Do you think hypnosis and post hypnotic suggestions could cause panic attacks? Why or why not?

3. Based on your research how realistic was the situation with Inamura portrayed? Use examples to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the character pairs below to compare and contrast. Include in the essay a comparison of their personalities, their values and morals, how they view the world, what good and bad exist in each that are the same and different and how they behave in the situations in the book.

1. Joanna and Lisa Chelgrin.

2. Joanna and Mariko.

3. Alex and Carrera.

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