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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pierce find behind a door marked private in the offices of Entrepreneurial Concepts Unlimited?
(a) Telephone operators.
(b) Offices.
(c) Studios.
(d) A computer room.

2. What does Pierce touch in the bathroom of Lilly's Venice house?
(a) A razor blade.
(b) The counter.
(c) A bowl of scented soaps.
(d) A bottle of perfume.

3. Who does Robin claim really runs Entrepreneurial Concepts?
(a) Billy Wentz.
(b) Six-Eight.
(c) Wendy.
(d) Wentz' partner, Grady.

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

5. Who calls Pierce at the end of Chapter 17 and agrees to meet to discuss Lilly Quinlan?
(a) Renner.
(b) Grady Allison.
(c) Philip Glass.
(d) Billy Wentz.

6. What is social engineering?
(a) Lying to make friends.
(b) Putting on an act to attract the opposite sex.
(c) Building a friends list on Facebook.
(d) Turning the truth enough to make it work for you.

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

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

9. Why does the girl at Entrepreneurial Concepts Unlimited suggest the boss chose to leave Lilly's site up even though she had stopped paying?
(a) She is a personal friend of his.
(b) He hopes she will begin paying again.
(c) He gave her an extension on the bill.
(d) Her picture keeps clients coming back.

10. What is the point of view utilized in the novel Chasing the Dime?
(a) Second person.
(b) First person.
(c) Authorial voice.
(d) Third person.

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

12. Posters of what Dr. Seuss book decorate the walls of the lab at Pierce's company?
(a) Green Eggs and Ham.
(b) The Cat in the Hat.
(c) Hop on Pop.
(d) Horton Hears a Who.

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

14. What name does Pierce reveal in Chapter 16 his sister used on the streets before her death?
(a) Angel.
(b) Rose.
(c) Lilly.
(d) Harriet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Pierce ask Monica to call in Chapter 7 and pretend to be Lilly Quinlan?

2. Why did the private detective Mrs. Quinlan hired to find Lilly stop searching?

3. What does Robin ask Pierce to buy for her before she will see him?

4. Where does the address Pierce found for Lilly lead him in Chapter 7?

5. From what did Pierce change his major in college to chemistry?

(see the answer keys)

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