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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 was Vincent's last name in Chapter 13?

2. Where did Raphael go after the hotel closed?

3. Where did Oskar go when he was released from prison?

4. Where was Olivia living when Jonathan was sentenced for the Ponzi scheme?

5. In Chapter 12, when Jonathan walked through Palm Jumeirah in his counterlife, who was the first person he saw?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What jobs did Leon and Marie have in December 2018?

3. Why did Leon and Marie decide to start living in their RV?

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

5. 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?

6. In Chapter 11, what conversation did Leon have with his wife?

7. What did Oskar do in Chapter 11, when he left the Gradia Building and reporters tried to question him?

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

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

10. What is Enrico doing in 2029?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Alkaitis was in prison, he like to imagine another life—a counterlife. Why did Alkaitis imagine other times and places when he was in prison? Why did he call these daydreams a counterlife? How did the counterlife help him cope?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Jonathan ran a Ponzi scheme. What is a Ponzi scheme? Why were Jonathan’s actions fraudulent?

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