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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pierce use in Chapter 19 to help carry his groceries to his apartment?
(a) A push cart.
(b) A laundry basket.
(c) A child's wagon.
(d) A security guard.

2. Whose number does Wentz find on Pierce's caller ID that makes him angry?
(a) Charlie's.
(b) Cody's.
(c) Nicole's.
(d) Robin's.

3. What does the private detective tell Pierce about his conversation with Robin during his investigation?
(a) She told him Lilly was in Florida.
(b) She was not cooperative.
(c) She told him to speak to Billy Wentz.
(d) She suggested friends he could call.

4. Who does Pierce see loitering around the storage lockers in the lobby of his apartment building in Chapter 19?
(a) His neighbors.
(b) Two kids from the neighborhood.
(c) A couple of homeless men.
(d) A very large man and a smaller man.

5. What nickname does Nicole use for Pierce?
(a) Hewlett.
(b) MacIntosh.
(c) Microsoft.
(d) Apple.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wentz tell Pierce in Chapter 19 that he wants from him?

2. What does Robin say Lilly always did with the single parking space at her working apartment?

3. What name does Pierce reveal in Chapter 16 his sister used on the streets before her death?

4. What is Arbadac Arba?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Pierce go to visit his college friend, Cody Zeller? What does he want Cody to do for him?

2. Why does Pierce call back one of Lilly's callers and ask for the name of the website where her web page appears?

3. Why did Robin call and leave a message for Pierce in Chapter 16? What does she reveal to Pierce about herself during a subsequent phone call?

4. Why does Pierce go to the office of Entrepreneurial Concepts in Chapter 6? What does he hope to learn there?

5. Who is Monica Purl? Why is she at Pierce's apartment in Chapter 7?

6. Why does Pierce think of rock stars, especially Jimi Hendrix, as he lies injured in his bedroom at the end of Chapter 20?

7. Who is Isabelle? How did she die?

8. Why does Pierce promise Philip Glass he will back off his investigation into Lilly Quinlan's disappearance?

9. Why does Pierce lie about how he found Lilly's work apartment?

10. How does Pierce convince Robin in Chapter 12 to take him to the apartment where Lilly worked with clients?

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