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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 is Lucy watching on television when Pierce forces his way into her house in Chapter 36?
(a) A Hollywood celebrity program.
(b) Oprah.
(c) The news.
(d) A soap opera.

2. What does Pierce say when Nicole asks in Chapter 21 what is going on in his life?
(a) He got a wrong number.
(b) He misses her.
(c) He is trying to save his sister.
(d) He fell in love with a prostitute.

3. Who does Pierce tell Monica might call her in Chapter 25?
(a) Renner.
(b) Zeller.
(c) Condon.
(d) Langwiser.

4. How does Amedeo celebrate Goddard's announcement that he wants to invest with them?
(a) With the arrest of Pierce.
(b) With champagne.
(c) With a sober look to the future.
(d) With a party.

5. What illness does Larraby suffer that he hopes Proteus and the technology to come from it will help control?
(a) Asthma.
(b) Multiple sclerosis.
(c) Diabetes.
(d) Cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Pierce search his own car in Chapter 31?

2. What type of monthly bill was Cody not able to find for Pierce on Lilly Quinlan?

3. How much of a percentage of Amedeo does Pierce own in Chapter 31?

4. Who suggests that Proteus might win Pierce a Nobel Prize?

5. Why does Condon joke that the elevator is marked with a B for basement instead of a L for lab in Chapter 27?

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

3. Why does Pierce assume Nicole is ready to take him back at the end of Chapter 24? Is she?

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

5. Where did Langwiser work before coming to work in the private sector? What does Pierce hope she can do for him?

6. What does Condon have Goddard sign before allowing him into the lab? For what reason?

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

8. What disorder does Goddard's daughter suffer? How does this relate to his investments?

9. What does Pierce tell Nicole in Chapter 21 when she asks how he received his injuries? Why?

10. Why does Pierce decide he will have to move again in Chapter 25? How does Pierce respond to questions about his face from his neighbors?

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