Gatsby first becomes interested in Nick after finding out that Nick is Daisy's cousin. In the beginning, his effort to become Nick's friend seems to be based on his hope that Nick will re-introduce him to Daisy.
Later, as Gatsby and Daisy become close again, Nick helps arrange the meetings between them. However, Gatsby doesn't seem to expect much more than that from Nick.
Read the question then search for the answer as the 1st question is generally at the start of the text so on...
The answer is most likely "Is"
Can you clarify?
Future tense
are expanding
are sending
A logical fallacy is a common error in reasoning.