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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 after he and Joanna are told to meet Chelgrin at his hotel?

2. What does Chelgrin insist that Lisa undergo?

3. What does Joanna receive?

4. What does Joanna do when Rotenhausen unstraps her?

5. What is Mariko hesitant about?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. 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?

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

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

6. Who does Joanna find when she goes to look for Alex? What does she learn from him? What theme might be suggested by the encounter?

7. 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?

8. What does Chelgrin know about his daughter and what does he seem to feel about her?

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

10. In terms of narration what do you think Chapters 60-70 do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Alex is clearly smitten with Joanna, and when he asks her to have lunch with him, it makes it seem to the reader that a romance might be in the air, touching on one of the themes of the novel.

1. Discuss what evidence you have seen thus far of romance being one of the themes in this book. Use examples from the book to illustrate your answer.

2. Alex has watched Joanna on stage for a few nights and is "smitten" with her. Does this seem realistic? Why or why not?

3. Alex being smitten with Joanna would seem to be like someone falling for an actor or actress in a movie. Are they falling for a real person or the person that is being portrayed in the part? Discuss this concept with examples to support your opinion.

Essay Topic 2

Alex subdues a tail that has been put on him. The man is a professional and will not tell Alex who his bosses are despite the gun Alex holds on him. However, the man does warn Alex that he will die if he continues to pursue Joanna or her past. This promise injects danger into the plot, increasing the tension within the novel's tone and promising more intrigue as the story continues to unfold.

1. What do you think is the difference between mystery and suspense?

2. Do you think the scene at the end of chapter 17 with Alex and the man following him would be a scene more in a mystery novel or suspense novel? Explain your reasoning.

3. In what genre would you place this novel and why?

4. Do you prefer mystery or suspense? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Joanna encourages Mariko to explore a relationship with Wayne despite the Japanese mindset that is against these types of relationships.

1. After doing research on Japanese culture and women, discuss the ways in which Mariko adheres to gender expectations and ways in which she doesn't.

2. The Japanese culture is against any relationship which involves a Japanese person and a person of another ethnic race or culture. Why do you think a culture would evolve such a stricture? Do you think that informal expectation has changed with the shrinking of the world through the internet and easy travel between parts of the world?

3. Discuss why you believe Mariko should follow her heart and not her culture. Use examples from the text to support your answer.

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