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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 is Larraby?
(a) Pierce's immunologist.
(b) Pierce's cousin.
(c) Pierce's lab manager.
(d) Pierce's security officer.

2. Who is Curt?
(a) The counter person at the smoothie shop.
(b) Lilly's boyfriend.
(c) The clerk at All American Mail.
(d) Pierce's friend.

3. From what did Pierce change his major in college to chemistry?
(a) Literature.
(b) History.
(c) Biology.
(d) Computer science.

4. What does Pierce take from under the blotter at the front reception area at Entrepreneurial Concepts Unlimited?
(a) A free coupon to a membership to one of the websites.
(b) A dollar.
(c) Lilly's file.
(d) A pad with a password on it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Pierce willing to offer to an investor in exchange for the money he needs to continue his research?

2. Where does Pierce hide Lilly's phone book after searching it for clues in Chapter 9?

3. What does Pierce think is wrong with the bed in Lilly's bedroom in the Venice house?

4. Who calls Pierce at the end of Chapter 17 and agrees to meet to discuss Lilly Quinlan?

5. Why does Pierce tell the receptionist at Entrepreneurial Concepts Unlimited he does not want to change his phone number?

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. 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?

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

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

5. Who is the first person to call Henry Pierce's phone after he first hooks it up? What does this say about the person who previously owned the phone?

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 promise Philip Glass he will back off his investigation into Lilly Quinlan's disappearance?

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

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

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

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