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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. Why did Chelgrin allow Lisa to be brainwashed?

2. What does Inamura do to get Joanna to overcome the post-hypnotic suggestion?

3. What happens to Marlowe's apartment when he enters and turns on the light?

4. What does some of what Chelgrin has to tell Alex have to do with?

5. What does Carrera fantasize about Joanna Rand?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. What does the hypnosis session do in the novel as far as narrative technique is concerned?

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

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

7. What else do they discover while Lisa is under hypnosis?

8. What is Carrera ordered to do when Joanna leaves Japan? How does he feel about the orders? What does his thoughts evoke in the reader?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Joanna is plagued by a recurring nightmare in which a man with a mechanical hand uses a hypodermic needle to do something unclear to her. Joanna always wakes from this dream in the grip of a panic. It seems Joanna is uninterested in learning the truth about the dream, perhaps afraid of finding out something she does not want to know.

1. Why do you think Joanna doesn't want to find out the cause of her nightmares? Use examples from the text and your own thoughts to support your answer.

2. Do you think nightmares always have a cause? Why or why not?

3. Describe a recurring nightmare you or someone you know has had. Compare it to Joanna's. How do you or the person having the nightmare deal with it?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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