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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18 - 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wentz tell Pierce in Chapter 19 that he wants from him?
(a) To stay away from Cody Zeller.
(b) To stop investigating Lilly's disappearance.
(c) To not sue him for putting his number on Lilly's webpage.
(d) To stop calling Nicole after midnight.

2. Why does Pierce tell his elevator companions in Chapter 19 that he needs to return to the lobby?
(a) He forgot to lock his car.
(b) He forgot to tip the bellboy.
(c) He needs to check his laundry.
(d) Something about them makes him nervous.

3. Who is Henry Pierce?
(a) President of Proteus Technologies.
(b) President of Pierce Technologies.
(c) President of Bronson Technologies.
(d) President of Amedeo Technologies.

4. Why are there two bedrooms in Robin's apartment?
(a) She shares with another girl, Cleo.
(b) She has a kid.
(c) She sleeps in one and entertains in the other.
(d) For the occassional guest.

5. Why did the private detective Mrs. Quinlan hired to find Lilly stop searching?
(a) He found her.
(b) She did not pay him enough.
(c) He could not find anything of use.
(d) He did not think it a case worth pursuing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the only place the Internet is significantly profitable according to the private detective hired by Mrs. Quinlan?

2. What memory of the Ferris wheel on the Santa Monica pier does Pierce repeatedly think of throughout the novel?

3. What does Pierce think is wrong with the bed in Lilly's bedroom in the Venice house?

4. What item did Pierce get a patent for five years previously that began his current odyssey with his company?

5. What did Charlie Condon do for a living before he earned his Master's in finance?

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