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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who are the Doomsters?
(a) Pierce's college buddies from Stanford.
(b) Pierce's nemisises in college.
(c) Characters in a Dean Koontz novel.
(d) Characters from a Scorsese movie.

4. Who is Nicole James?
(a) Pierce's personal assistant.
(b) Pierce's former fiance.
(c) Pierce's information officer.
(d) Pierce's business partner.

5. How long does Pierce tell Robin in Chapter 13 his sister's body lay in the open before someone called the police?
(a) Several months.
(b) Several hours.
(c) Several days.
(d) Several weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Monica call Pierce when she is unhappy with an assignment he gives her?

2. Who gave Pierce a caricature of himself that hangs on the wall of his office?

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

4. Why does Pierce remind himself he will need lamps in his new apartment?

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

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