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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Pierce remind himself he will need lamps in his new apartment?
(a) There is no recessed lighting like most of the modern apartments in the city.
(b) He wants to keep the apartment as bright as possible due to a fear of darkness.
(c) He needs a lamp to work at home.
(d) He forgot to order some.

3. What memory of the Ferris wheel on the Santa Monica pier does Pierce repeatedly think of throughout the novel?
(a) An Amedeo party at which he and Nicole rode the Ferris wheel for an extended amount of time.
(b) A forbidden kiss with a colleagues wife during a ride on a Ferris wheel.
(c) A bad experience with heights as a child.
(d) A ride with a girlfriend in high school of whom Robin reminds him.

4. Who does Pierce learn Monica has been talking to about him in Chapter 7?
(a) Nicole.
(b) Charlie.
(c) Goddard.
(d) Cody.

5. What does Pierce think is wrong with the bed in Lilly's bedroom in the Venice house?
(a) It is not the same as the one in her website photo.
(b) It is unmade.
(c) There are stains on the matress.
(d) The headboard is cracked.

6. What is Arbadac Arba?
(a) The street Lilly lived on.
(b) Abra Cadabra written backwards, the password from Entrepreneurial Concepts.
(c) Pierce's password for his work computer.
(d) Pierce's nickname for Nicole.

7. Why does Pierce not get a cab at the end of Chapter 15 when Renner releases him from the police station?
(a) He has his car outside.
(b) Renner has offered him a ride.
(c) He wants to walk.
(d) He has no money.

8. What does Monica question about the building in which Pierce lives?
(a) Its security.
(b) Its location.
(c) Its decor.
(d) Its ability to withstand an earthquake.

9. What kind of car does Pierce drive?
(a) Mercedes.
(b) Vokswagen Beetle.
(c) Mustang.
(d) BMW.

10. What does Robin ask Pierce to buy for her before she will see him?
(a) A boquet of flowers.
(b) A strawberry smoothie.
(c) A pizza.
(d) A box of candies.

11. Who is James Wainwright?
(a) Monica's boyfriend.
(b) The owner of Entrepreneurial Concepts.
(c) Lilly's landlord.
(d) Pierce's business partner.

12. What is the name of the competing technology firm that Nicole was last collecting information about before she left Pierce's company?
(a) DARPA.
(b) Amedeo Technologies.
(c) Midas Molecular.
(d) Bronson Technologies.

13. What is wrong with the kitchen at the address Pierce has for Lilly Quinlan in Chapter 8?
(a) A strange man is at the table.
(b) The fruit in a bowl is all rotten.
(c) A window is broken over the sink.
(d) A girl is dead on the floor.

14. What is a houseman?
(a) Another name for the head of security in corporate America.
(b) The manager of a lab.
(c) A chaperon at a college dorm.
(d) The man at the crackhouse who collected fees for the use of the house.

15. Where is the only place the Internet is significantly profitable according to the private detective hired by Mrs. Quinlan?
(a) Social websites.
(b) Adult entertainment.
(c) Shopping sites.
(d) Search engines.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose number does Wentz find on Pierce's caller ID that makes him angry?

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

3. What does Wentz use to hit Pierce across the face, breaking his nose?

4. Who is Jacob Kaz?

5. How long does Pierce tell Robin in Chapter 13 his sister's body lay in the open before someone called the police?

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