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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cody Zeller look like to Pierce?

2. Who does Pierce think broke into his car in Chapter 16?

3. Whose number does Wentz find on Pierce's caller ID that makes him angry?

4. Why does Pierce remind himself he will need lamps in his new apartment?

5. From what did Pierce change his major in college to chemistry?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. 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?

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

7. Who is in Lilly's apartment when Pierce arrives? What is he packing up? Why?

8. Who is Isabelle? How did she die?

9. Why does Clyde Vernon grill Pierce on his breakup with Nicole?

10. How does Pierce end up hanging upside down outside his apartment balcony in Chapter 19?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following in detail using quotes from the novel to support your conclusions:

1) Setting

2) Point of View

3) Language.

Essay Topic 2

Who is Lilly Quinlan? What is her profession? How does Pierce come to know about her? What does he think about her? What does Pierce find in her house? What does Pierce fail to find that should tip him to something strange about her disappearance? What does Pierce find in Lilly's work apartment? Why does he call the police? Why does this appear to have been a mistake? What do the police think about Pierce's interest in Lilly Quinlan? How does this become a problem for Pierce?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Nicole James? What is her relationship to Pierce? How does he feel about her? What was her role at Amedeo? How did this role place Nicole as a security risk to the company? Why does Pierce want to call her when he learns about Lilly Quinlan? Why does she refuse to take his call? Why does Pierce come to suspect Nicole is selling secrets to a competitor of Amedeo? How does he learn that it was not Nicole selling his secrets? How does Nicole feel when she realizes how Pierce was testing her? is there any chance this relationship will be repaired in the future?

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