3. How many hours did Oskar spend on his computer researching residency requirements for countries that did not have extradition treaties with the U.S.?

4. How old was Oskar when he went to work for Jonathan?

5. Where did Leon get a job in December 2018?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 15, who did Paul see?

2. In Chapter 15, what conversations did Paul often imagine having with Vincent?

3. Why memory did Jonathan have of his brother Lucas at the end of Chapter 12?

4. In Chapter 12, why did Alkaitis ask Julie Freeman to look up what happened to Olivia Collins, and what did he learn?

5. What is Simone doing in 2029?

6. What did Jonathan's staff do when he told them about the problem with the funds?

7. What did the people on the 18th floor of the Gradia Building do?

8. What evidence did Saparelli send Leon and why in Chapter 12?

9. How did VIncent die?

10. What did the captain of the Neptune Cumberland say about Geoffrey Bell?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view of the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 2

Jonathan and his associates were involved in the Ponzi scheme. How did the associates get involved? What motivated them to participate in the scheme? Did they have different motivations for being involved?

Essay Topic 3

How did the collapse affect many of the investors? Why did some investors commit suicide? What consequences occurred because of the Ponzi scheme? Why was the fallout from the scheme so far-reaching?

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