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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. Where is the only place the Internet is significantly profitable according to the private detective hired by Mrs. Quinlan?
(a) Adult entertainment.
(b) Shopping sites.
(c) Search engines.
(d) Social websites.

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

3. How does Pierce's blood get onto the wall outside his building, twelve stories up?
(a) Wentz throws him over the balcony.
(b) Six-Eight holds him over the side of the balcony.
(c) Wentz throws him out a window.
(d) Six-Eight holds him out a window.

4. What does Pierce witness being taken from Lilly's work apartment in Chapter 16?
(a) The bed.
(b) The mattress.
(c) A peice of flooring.
(d) Her body.

5. What does Chasing the Dime mean?
(a) Chasing after love.
(b) Chasing after riches.
(c) Chasing after the technology to create a computer the size of a dime.
(d) Chasing after success.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the competing technology firm that Nicole was last collecting information about before she left Pierce's company?

2. Where does Robin say she first met Lilly Quinlan?

3. What does Wentz use to hit Pierce across the face, breaking his nose?

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

5. Where does Lilly's ad say that she will meet clients?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Amedeo attempting to develop in their labs as Pierce explains it to Monica in Chapter 11?

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

3. What does Pierce learn is the name of the man who runs Entrepreneurial Concepts? Why does Pierce threaten to sue this man?

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

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

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

7. 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?

8. What is a patent package? What does Pierce plan to do with it?

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

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

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