1. What problem did Ben discuss with Derek Kohler?
PART ONE
In what way does the story show that the CIA is involved in the theft of the canister in Brussels?
Who is Ben Logan?
What problem did Ben discuss with Derek Kohler?
What happened when Ben arrived at his office the following day?
Why did Ben travel to Brussels?
What strange facts did Ben learn at the Halgate headquarters in Brussels?
Who is the man called Floyd and what did he try to do?
What did Ben take away from Floyd?
What did Ben find in the locker at Antwerp Central station?

2. What did Ben discover at St Cornelius hospital?
PART ONE
What did Ben discover at St Cornelius hospital?
What were the numbers Derek copied from one of the victim’s hand?
Why was Amy angry with her father? 2

3. Why didn’t Ben think that Amy’s wound was serious?
PART TWO
Why didn’t Ben think that Amy’s wound was serious?
What do Floyd Remi, Walter Smet and Ben Logan have in common?
Why was Ben decommissioned from the CIA six months before?
What did the CIA Committee do to Ben to punish him?
What did the canister which was stolen at the beginning of the story contain?
Who stole the canister with the documents?
How did Karim help Ben and Amy?
Why did Anna Brandt travel to Brussels?
Why did the Halgate Group try to murder Ben?
Why did the professional hit man kill Karim?

4. Who was Ben looking for in suite 619 at the Hôtel Métropole?
PART THREE
Who was Ben looking for in suite 619 at the Hôtel Métropole?
Why was Amy’s idea to activate the fire alarm a good one?
Why did Derek Kohler commit suicide?
Why did Amy leave her father?
What did Ben discover in the papers concerning the cargo manifest of the ship The Serenity and about Anna Brandt?
How did Ben plan to get Amy back?
How does the story show that Anna Brandt was on Ben’s side?
Why did Ben take Markus Wolf’s identity?

5. Aaron Eckhart: Ben Logan
Liana Liberato: Amy Logan
Olga Kurylenko: Anna Brandt

6. Neil Napier: Derek Kohler / Markus Wolf
Garrick Hagon: James Halgate III

7. PART ONE
In what way does the story show that the CIA is involved in the theft of the canister in Brussels? Anna Brandt called one of the men who stole the device.
Who is Ben Logan? He’s an American expatriate working for the Halgate Group in Antwerp (Belgium). He designs security devices.
What problem did Ben discuss with Derek Kohler? Somebody forgot to file patents on the company’s products.
What happened when Ben arrived at his office the following day? It was empty. The company had disappeared overnight.
Why did Ben travel to Brussels? To visit the European headquarters of Halgate
What strange facts did Ben learn at the Halgate headquarters in Brussels? He was never employed there, Derek Kohler does not exist, his BlackBerry is empty of correspondence, there have been no records of him for the last 14 years.
Who is the man called Floyd and what did he try to do? He worked together at Halgate with Ben and he tried to abduct him and Amy
What did Ben take away from Floyd? A locker key (Antwerp Central) and some money

8. Why was Amy angry with her father? She does not really know who he is
PART ONE
What did Ben find in the locker at Antwerp Central station? An envelope containing photos of Amy and her grandfather from four months previously and some people Ben used to work with.
What did Ben discover at St Cornelius hospital? All his former co-workers had been killed the day before.
What were the numbers Derek copied from one of the victim’s hand? These numbers are related to the problem of the missing patent application
Why was Amy angry with her father? She does not really know who he is
_________________________________Amy starts mounting the stairs in the hallway. 34:14

9. Who stole the canister with the documents? Derek Kohler
PART TWO
Why didn’t Ben think that Amy’s wound was serious? It’s only a flesh wound.
What do Floyd Remi, Walter Smet and Ben Logan have in common? They are all former CIA operatives.
Why was Ben decommissioned from the CIA six months before? He stopped following orders, grew a conscience.
What did the CIA Committee do to Ben to punish him? They made sure that he’ll never be able to return to the USA.
What did the canister which was stolen at the beginning of the story contain? Secret documents collected for the Department of Justice regarding negligence against the Halgate Group which sold illegal weapons.
Who stole the canister with the documents? Derek Kohler
How did Karim help Ben and Amy? He provided accommodation for them with an Arab family.
Why did Anna Brandt travel to Brussels? She has to find Ben

10. PART TWO
Why did the Halgate Group try to murder Ben?
They didn’t want him to find out that the Halgate Group is a fake company.
Why did the professional hit man kill Karim?
He probably didn’t want to tell him where Ben and Amy are hiding.
__________________________________________ Adam leaves Amy in the lobby of the hotel.

11. PART THREE
Who was Ben looking for in suite 619at the Hôtel Métropole?
Markus Wolf alias Derek Kohler
Why was Amy’s idea to activate the fire alarm a good one?
It makes the lift go down automatically.
Why did Derek Kohler commit suicide?
So that the CIA will look after his family.
Why did Amy leave his father?
He told her that he worked for a kill squad. She has lost her own life, her friends.
What did Ben discover in the papers concerning the cargo manifest of ship The Serenity and about Anna Brandt?
It was transporting US-made weapons (nuclear) for Mozambique. Anna also worked for the Halgate Group
How did Ben plan to get Amy back?
He wants to exchange her for the documents concerning The Serenity
How does the story show that Anna Brandt was on Ben’s side?
She killed two bodyguards and then was killed.
Why did Ben take Markus Wolf’s identity?
To escape from the Halgate people.