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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 learn from a contact at his firm?

2. What does Peterson tell Alex and Joanna will happen now that the parties involved are all dead?

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

4. Where does Carrera find Alex after Alex escapes from him?

5. Who kills Ursula?

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

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

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

5. By Chapter 42, how do you think the reader feels about Thomas Chelgrin. How does the character actually turn out?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Alex is beginning to experience strange phenomenon. Alex has a premonition that Chelgrin is going to be dead and seconds later discovers it is true. Alex also has a nightmare that is eerily similar to Joanna's nightmares. The reader begins to wonder if Alex has suffered something similar to what Joanna underwent.

1. When Alex had his premonition that Chelgrin was dead did you think he was a psychic? Explain why or why not. Use examples from the text to support your answer.

2. Now that Alex has begun to experience nightmares like Joanna do you think they are connected to him having found her in Japan against all odds? Why or why not? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

3. Using logical deduction, and examples from the text, explain why it is probable that if Alex underwent a brainwashing similar to Joanna's the chances are it was done by someone other than Herr Doktor.

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

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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