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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What one item of furniture did Pierce take from his former home on Amalfi Drive?
(a) A table.
(b) A bed.
(c) A desk.
(d) A couch.

2. Why does the private detective Mrs. Quinlan hired tell Pierce he agreed to meet him in Chapter 18?
(a) To warn him to back off.
(b) To inform the police of his interference in the case.
(c) To give him all he had on the investigation.
(d) To help Mrs. Quinlan.

3. Who are the Fighting Moles?
(a) A corporate softball team that Amedeo once sponsored.
(b) A band made up of scientists.
(c) A professional soccer team.
(d) A group of traveling science lecturers.

4. What company symbols does Cody collect?
(a) Companies he wants to work for.
(b) Companies with cool symbols.
(c) Companies whose computer security he has breached.
(d) Companies whose computer security he has not been able to breach.

5. What type of car is parked in Lilly's work apartment parking space in Chapter 13?
(a) A Volvo.
(b) A Mercedes.
(c) A Lexus.
(d) A BMW.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pierce witness being taken from Lilly's work apartment in Chapter 16?

2. Whose idea was it to place items in the rooms of Pierce's workplace on voice command to impress visitors?

3. Who does Pierce accuse Wainwright of working for in Chapter 13?

4. Why does the girl at Entrepreneurial Concepts Unlimited suggest the boss chose to leave Lilly's site up even though she had stopped paying?

5. Who does Pierce see loitering around the storage lockers in the lobby of his apartment building in Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Pierce call Nicole and ask her to look up Robin's number on the LA Darlings website in Chapter 20?

2. In a dream, Pierce finds himself in a crack house looking for someone. What does this dream tell the reader about Pierce?

3. What is Amedeo attempting to develop in their labs as Pierce explains it to Monica in Chapter 11?

4. Who is Monica Purl? Why is she at Pierce's apartment in Chapter 7?

5. What is the connection between Fantastic Voyage and Amedeo's current project?

6. How does Pierce convince Robin in Chapter 12 to take him to the apartment where Lilly worked with clients?

7. Why does Pierce think of rock stars, especially Jimi Hendrix, as he lies injured in his bedroom at the end of Chapter 20?

8. Why does Pierce call Lilly's mother in Chapter 9? What does he learn from this conversation?

9. What does Pierce find when he lets himself into Lilly's house on Altair Place in Venice? What does he not find that he feels is surprising?

10. Who is the first person to call Henry Pierce's phone after he first hooks it up? What does this say about the person who previously owned the phone?

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