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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. When did Olivia remember that Renata succumbed to her drug habit?

2. When did the last guest check out of the Hotel Caiette?

3. To where did Enrico purchase a one-way ticket in December of 2008?

4. After one-week on the road in their RV, with what did Leon and Marie toast their leaving everything behind?

5. How long did Vincent work on the Neptune Cumberland?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Paul manage to write the message on the hotel window?

2. In Chapter 12 where did Jonathan see Vincent in his counterlife and what did she look like?

3. At a party someone asked Simone if she was Alkaitis's secretary or receptionist; what does she learn when she looks up those words about her role?

4. What happened when Jonathan and Vincent left the office party?

5. What information did Ella Kaspersky send to Jonathan after speaking with him at Hotel Caiette?

6. What did Leon mean when he said that he and his wife were citizens of a shadow country?

7. What happened when Jonathan and Suzanne saw Ella at a restaurant?

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

9. What did Oskar realize about the investors in Chapter 11?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Genre is a means of classifying literature. What is the genre of the novel? Why is it not historical or realistic fiction?

Essay Topic 3

Vincent became an assistant cook on a containership. Why did Vincent become an assistant cook on a containership? Why was her new job an escape? From what was she escaping?

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