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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 Monica call Pierce when she is unhappy with an assignment he gives her?
(a) Einstein.
(b) Dr. Pierce.
(c) Hank.
(d) Mr. Pierce.

2. Who are the Fighting Moles?
(a) A group of traveling science lecturers.
(b) A band made up of scientists.
(c) A professional soccer team.
(d) A corporate softball team that Amedeo once sponsored.

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

4. For what was Pierce arrested as a college student at Stanford?
(a) Murder.
(b) Soliciting a prostitute.
(c) Impersonating an officer.
(d) Theft.

5. Who is James Wainwright?
(a) Pierce's business partner.
(b) Monica's boyfriend.
(c) Lilly's landlord.
(d) The owner of Entrepreneurial Concepts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Posters of what Dr. Seuss book decorate the walls of the lab at Pierce's company?

2. How did Isabelle Pierce's killer die?

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

4. What is Arbadac Arba?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

10. How does a company like Amedeo Technologies pay its bills and pay for the research they do?

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