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

2. Why does Pierce not get a cab at the end of Chapter 15 when Renner releases him from the police station?
(a) He has no money.
(b) He wants to walk.
(c) He has his car outside.
(d) Renner has offered him a ride.

3. 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.

4. 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 give him all he had on the investigation.
(c) To warn him to back off.
(d) To help Mrs. Quinlan.

5. What is Pierce willing to offer to an investor in exchange for the money he needs to continue his research?
(a) Five percent of his company.
(b) Twenty percent of his company.
(c) Fifteen percent of his company.
(d) Ten percent of his company.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is social engineering?

2. Who does Pierce learn Monica has been talking to about him in Chapter 7?

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

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

5. Who takes Pierce's keys as they get off the elevator in Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

4. Why does Pierce ask Monica not to speak about him to other people?

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

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

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. Who is Isabelle? How did she die?

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

10. 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?

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