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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 39 - 40.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where has Renner been shot in Chapter 39?
(a) The leg.
(b) The head.
(c) The shoulder.
(d) The gut.

2. Who is Curt?
(a) Lilly's boyfriend.
(b) Pierce's friend.
(c) The clerk at All American Mail.
(d) The counter person at the smoothie shop.

3. What is Lucy watching on television when Pierce forces his way into her house in Chapter 36?
(a) A Hollywood celebrity program.
(b) The news.
(c) Oprah.
(d) A soap opera.

4. What conclusion does Pierce come to as to the phone number he and Lilly appeared to have shared at one point or another?
(a) That Monica chose the number intentionally to embarrass Pierce.
(b) That Lilly never had that number.
(c) That Lilly chose that number intentionally.
(d) That Lilly should have paid her bill.

5. Why does Pierce tell Langwiser in Chapter 24 he feels responsible for his sister's death?
(a) He told the killer where to find her.
(b) He found her and left her on the streets.
(c) He owned the gun that killed her.
(d) He refused to allow her to come home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Langwiser call Renner in Chapter 24?

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 his stepfather did to his sister that forced her out on the streets and left her preferring the streets to home?

4. What is a houseman?

5. Who does Pierce tell Monica might call her in Chapter 25?

(see the answer key)

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