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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 with Pierce when he wakes in Chapter 21?
(a) Charlie.
(b) Nicole.
(c) Renner.
(d) Monica.

2. What does Pierce worry about as he checks out the front of Lucy LaPorte's house in Chapter 36?
(a) She will be gone.
(b) She will be dead inside.
(c) She will not be alone.
(d) She will not see him.

3. Why does Pierce search his own car in Chapter 31?
(a) To see if someone planted something in it.
(b) To find something he lost.
(c) To see what Renner might see.
(d) To see what it feels like to be a cop.

4. Why are there no messages on Pierce's voice mail when he returns home from the hospital?
(a) Everyone knew he was in the hospital.
(b) No one wants to talk to him.
(c) Monica has changed his number.
(d) LA Darlings took his name off of Lilly's page.

5. What is special about a scanning electron microscope?
(a) It can see moving parts.
(b) It can see energy..
(c) It can see things normal microscopes cannot.
(d) It can see certain light signatures.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does Pierce get the quote, "Our buildings, to you, would seem terribly small. But to us, who aren't big, they are wonderfully tall."?

2. What excuse does Pierce give for calling Zeller to his lab in Chapter 37?

3. What does Pierce find when he walks into his apartment after he is released from the hospital?

4. Who does Pierce tell Monica might call her in Chapter 25?

5. Why does Pierce walk down a pedestrian tunnel in Chapter 34?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Cody Zeller tell Pierce he has FedEx'd to his office in Chapter 25? What does Pierce discover inside the package in chapter 26?

2. How does Pierce locate an address for Lucy LaPorte in chapter 34 after his computer genius friend failed?

3. What does Goddard and the others see on the scanning electron microscope that proves Proteus is creating energy?

4. What is a sniffer? Where did Pierce find one of these devices?

5. What is percentage in a company? Why does Goddard want a percentage in Amedeo in exchange for his investment?

6. What car does Lucy describe as the one outside Lilly's apartment the day she disappeared? How does Pierce connect this with someone he knows?

7. What does Pierce do in Chapter 32 with the item he finds inside a storage unit rented in his name? Why?

8. What does Monica catch Pierce doing in Chapter 26 that causes her to request a transfer back to the general secretary pool?

9. Why does Pierce ask Renner to turn off his tape recorder in Chapter 22? What does Pierce tell him when he does as asked?

10. What does Pierce say in Chapter 22 that convinces Renner that he is guilty?

(see the answer keys)

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