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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 Pierce think is wrong with the bed in Lilly's bedroom in the Venice house?

2. What type of car is parked in Lilly's work apartment parking space in Chapter 13?

3. Where does Lilly's ad say that she will meet clients?

4. What is social engineering?

5. Where does Robin say she first met Lilly Quinlan?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Pierce call Nicole and ask her to look up Robin's number on the LA Darlings website in Chapter 20?

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

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

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 ask Monica not to speak about him to other people?

6. Why does Pierce call the police at the end of Chapter 13? What is the result of this phone call?

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

8. Why does Pierce call back one of Lilly's callers and ask for the name of the website where her web page appears?

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

10. Why does Pierce promise Philip Glass he will back off his investigation into Lilly Quinlan's disappearance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Monica? Why does she not like impersonating Lilly on the phone for Pierce? Why does Pierce lecture Monica about speaking of him out of turn? Why does Pierce try to explain to Monica what it is they do at Amedeo? Why does Monica request to be reassigned even though she is assistant to the president of the company? What does Monica dislike about Pierce? Is Pierce really a bad guy or is Monica blowing everything out of proportion?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Why does Pierce become so interested in the missing Lilly Quinlan? What does Lilly have to do with Pierce's sister? How did Pierce's sister die? Why does Pierce feel that her death is his fault? What reason did Isabelle give Pierce for running away from home? Was the accusation true? Why did Pierce let her go when he found her? What did Pierce plan to do for his sister in the future? Why did Pierce's stepfather make Pierce go into the crack houses to find his sister? How was Isabelle killed? How might her death have been avoided?

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