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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pierce accuse Nicole of in Chapter 34?
(a) Lying to Monica about him.
(b) Selling Proteus to a competitor.
(c) Using him for fame and money.
(d) Cheating on him.

2. Why is the package from Cody Zeller already opened when Pierce finds it on his desk in Chapter 26?
(a) Condon opened it.
(b) The FedEx guy opened it.
(c) Vernon opened it.
(d) Monica opened it.

3. What does Pierce compare the lights of Proteus working on the scanning electron microscope to?
(a) Aurora borealis.
(b) Fire works.
(c) A movie.
(d) Special effects from Star Wars.

4. What type of monthly bill was Cody not able to find for Pierce on Lilly Quinlan?
(a) Electric bill.
(b) Water bill.
(c) Cable bill.
(d) Phone bill.

5. Who does Pierce suspect of planting the keys and the scramble card for the storage unit among his things in Chapter 32?
(a) Condon.
(b) Allison.
(c) Six-Eight.
(d) Wentz.

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

7. Why does Pierce believe that Wentz did not target him to be set up for murder in Chapter 33?
(a) They had no connection to each other.
(b) Wentz is not in the same business as Pierce.
(c) Pierce never had contact with Wentz' girls.
(d) Pierce is too intelligent for Wentz to not be afraid of him.

8. Why does Condon joke that the elevator is marked with a B for basement instead of a L for lab in Chapter 27?
(a) To keep people from mistaking it with the lobby.
(b) To keep people from knowing where the lab is.
(c) To make things simple for the scientists.
(d) Due to the fact that it is the basement.

9. What is ETS?
(a) Emerging-technologies symposium.
(b) Emitting-testesterone syndrome.
(c) Electron-transmitter system.
(d) Energy-transference system.

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

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

12. What is the horrible smell inside Amedeo's labs in Chapter 37?
(a) Sulfer chemicals.
(b) Microscope cleaning fluid.
(c) Cooking carbon wires.
(d) Proteus.

13. What reason does Pierce give for not wanting the computer mainframe in the lab?
(a) Not enough room.
(b) Cannot get a wifi signal in the lab.
(c) Too much interference with the experiments.
(d) Computer techs do not have security clearance for the lab.

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

15. What does the symbol fu stand for?
(a) Hope.
(b) Forgiveness.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness does Larraby suffer that he hopes Proteus and the technology to come from it will help control?

2. Why does Pierce tell Larraby to switch to thermal in Chapter 28?

3. Who suggests that Proteus might win Pierce a Nobel Prize?

4. How far in advance does Pierce learn the storage unit was paid for in Chapter 32?

5. What is the first thing Pierce does when he gets into his car at the end of Chapter 25?

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