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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. How does Joan help the political group?

2. Who would Joan like to have visit her from the Other Side?

3. How does Chuck Brewer change physically?

4. Now that Joan is living in Terremoto, what is happening with the sale of her book?

5. What does Fraser Buchanan want from Joan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Paul's intentions towards Joan?

2. What role does the picnicking family play in Joan's plan to disappear?

3. What kind of love does Royal Porcupine express for Joan?

4. At the end of Chapter 28, why does Joan feel she has to "get away, as quickly as possible?"

5. Why does Joan feel she needs to disappear again?

6. How does Joan's affair with Royal Porcupine affect her stability?

7. Why does the presence of the strange man who talks with her landlord spur Joan to action?

8. Who is Fraser Buchanan?

9. What does the reappearance of The Fat Lady in Chapter 27 suggest about how Joan perceives herself?

10. How does Joan let go of her past?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Joan works on a novel while she's in Terremoto and has trouble creating the ending. Do you find the storyline of Stalked by Love and the characters Felicia and Charlotte reflective of Joan's own conflicts and fears? Provide examples that show how Joan's life gets written into Stalked by Love.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Joan's actions that show her as a woman who is independent but also submissive to the men in her life. When she leaves her double life behind, how does she begin to show that she is becoming more assertive?

Essay Topic 3

At the end of Lady Oracle, Joan says she will stop writing romance novels and instead write Science Fiction. Why do you think Joan wants to stop writing romances? Do you think writing romances contributes to Joan's dishonesty? Would she write a good Science Fiction tale? Why or why not?

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