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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. Who calls Pierce at the end of Chapter 17 and agrees to meet to discuss Lilly Quinlan?
(a) Grady Allison.
(b) Billy Wentz.
(c) Philip Glass.
(d) Renner.

2. Where does Pierce hide Lilly's phone book after searching it for clues in Chapter 9?
(a) In the trunk of his car.
(b) In the bottom of his trash basket.
(c) Behind some paper in the supply closet.
(d) In his backpack.

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

4. What does Pierce think is wrong with the bed in Lilly's bedroom in the Venice house?
(a) There are stains on the matress.
(b) The headboard is cracked.
(c) It is unmade.
(d) It is not the same as the one in her website photo.

5. Why does the private detective Mrs. Quinlan hired tell Pierce he agreed to meet him in Chapter 18?
(a) To inform the police of his interference in the case.
(b) To help Mrs. Quinlan.
(c) To give him all he had on the investigation.
(d) To warn him to back off.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the girl at Entrepreneurial Concepts Unlimited suggest the boss chose to leave Lilly's site up even though she had stopped paying?

2. What does Chasing the Dime mean?

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

4. Who is Larraby?

5. Why are there two bedrooms in Robin's apartment?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who is Isabelle? How did she die?

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

9. Why does Pierce go to All American Mail in Chapter 7? Why does he lie about wanting a mail box there?

10. 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?

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