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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 is on a voice command in all the rooms of Pierce's workplace?
(a) The elevators.
(b) The lights.
(c) The lab equipment.
(d) The security.

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

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

4. What band is Cody Zeller listening to when Pierce goes into his office in Chapter 10?
(a) Guns N Roses.
(b) Twisted Sister.
(c) The Black Eyed Peas.
(d) Metallica.

5. Why does Pierce tell Renner about Robin in Chapter 15?
(a) He thinks she killed Lilly.
(b) He is covering his own tracks.
(c) He needs a reason for why he knew to call Mrs. Quinlan.
(d) He is trying to be honest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the Doomsters?

2. Why does the private detective Mrs. Quinlan hired tell Pierce he agreed to meet him in Chapter 18?

3. What does Pierce witness being taken from Lilly's work apartment in Chapter 16?

4. What is Arbadac Arba?

5. What item did Pierce get a patent for five years previously that began his current odyssey with his company?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Pierce call Nicole and ask her to look up Robin's number on the LA Darlings website in Chapter 20?

2. What does Pierce find when he lets himself into Lilly's house on Altair Place in Venice? What does he not find that he feels is surprising?

3. Why is Pierce living in a new apartment? What happened to his previous home?

4. Why does Pierce call Lilly's mother in Chapter 9? What does he learn from this conversation?

5. How does Pierce end up hanging upside down outside his apartment balcony in Chapter 19?

6. In a dream, Pierce finds himself in a crack house looking for someone. What does this dream tell the reader about Pierce?

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

8. What does Pierce notice as unusual inside his car when he returns to it in Chapter 16?

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

10. Why does Pierce call the police at the end of Chapter 13? What is the result of this phone call?

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