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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Pierce spend the night in Chapter 27?
(a) At home.
(b) Nicole's.
(c) His laser lab.
(d) Robin's.

3. What is a Venice walk street as Pierce describes it in Chapter 36?
(a) A neighborhood with only sidewalks, no streets.
(b) A neighborhood with a criminal watch program.
(c) A neighborhood filled with small shops.
(d) A neighborhood where people do a lot of walking.

4. What excuse does Pierce give for calling Zeller to his lab in Chapter 37?
(a) He wants to talk about the Doomsters.
(b) He needs help finding a missing person.
(c) He wants to show Proteus to Zeller.
(d) Someone has been hijacking information from the computer system.

5. Who does Pierce tell Monica might call her in Chapter 25?
(a) Condon.
(b) Zeller.
(c) Renner.
(d) Langwiser.

6. How does it appear Lilly Quinlan died in Chapter 32?
(a) She was shot in the head.
(b) She was beaten to death.
(c) Her throat was cut.
(d) She was stabbed in the chest.

7. What does Pierce wear in the imaging lab in order to see Goddard's reaction?
(a) His prescription glasses.
(b) His prescription safety goggles.
(c) Night vision goggles.
(d) Heat resonance goggles.

8. What does Renner show Pierce a picture of in Chapter 22?
(a) Lilly's damaged mattress.
(b) Lilly's body.
(c) Himself hanging upside down off his balcony.
(d) Nicole leaving their house on Amalfi Drive.

9. Who is Eugene Briggs?
(a) The department head who was the target of the Doomsters' final prank.
(b) Monica's fiance.
(c) A false name used by Goddard.
(d) Pierce's cousin.

10. What does Zeller say when Pierce forces him to admit he set up the sniffer on Amedeo's computer system?
(a) It was an meant to be a prank.
(b) He never read the info.
(c) He was just curious.
(d) He was using it to protect the system.

11. Who is Confucius?
(a) A Chinese diplomat.
(b) A Chinese investor.
(c) A Chinese doctor.
(d) A Chinese philosopher.

12. In Chapter 36, who fits the description Lucy gives Pierce of Grady Allison?
(a) Charlie Condon.
(b) Clyde Vernon.
(c) Cody Zeller.
(d) Robert Renner.

13. From where does Pierce get the quote, "Our buildings, to you, would seem terribly small. But to us, who aren't big, they are wonderfully tall."?
(a) Horton Hears a Who.
(b) Emily Dickenson.
(c) The Cat in the Hat.
(d) Fantastic Voyage.

14. How many stitches did Pierce have to have in his scalp for an injury he does not recall receiving?
(a) Five.
(b) Ten.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

15. Why do the lights not come on to Pierce's command in Chapter 26 as he enters his office?
(a) The system is being repaired.
(b) Condon has changed the security parameters.
(c) His voice has been altered by his injuries.
(d) His voice is too high from excitment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What angle does Langwiser suggest in Chapter 24 she will use with the supposed admission of guilt Renner has on Pierce?

2. Who does Pierce say is the only person he ever told about finding his sister and letting her go?

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. Who does Pierce ask Cody to find an address on in Chapter 25?

5. What gift did Nicole buy for Pierce that she kept and often wears herself as a signal of desire to Pierce?

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