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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. Why are there two bedrooms in Robin's apartment?

2. Why does Pierce look under the blotter on the desk of the front reception area at Entrepreneurial Concepts Unlimited?

3. On what day did Nicole tell Pierce their relationship was over?

4. How did Isabelle Pierce's killer die?

5. Why does Pierce not get a cab at the end of Chapter 15 when Renner releases him from the police station?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Pierce go to All American Mail in Chapter 7? Why does he lie about wanting a mail box there?

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

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

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

6. What is a patent package? What does Pierce plan to do with it?

7. What does Pierce notice as unusual inside his car when he returns to it in Chapter 16?

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

9. Why does Pierce go to visit his college friend, Cody Zeller? What does he want Cody to do for him?

10. How does a company like Amedeo Technologies pay its bills and pay for the research they do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Pierce's phone number. How did Pierce get his new phone number? Who set it up? Who begins calling the number from the start? How does this send Pierce down the road of investigating Lilly Quinlan's disappearance? Who does Pierce think had the number before him? Did he ever find a phone bill connecting this person to the number? Why not? How does it turn out the number became connected to Lilly Quinlan? Who set Pierce up?

Essay Topic 2

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

1) Character motivation

2) Character traits

3) Character relationships.

Essay Topic 3

Who is Robin? Why does Pierce call her for information on Lilly? Does Robin help Pierce at first? What does Robin want Pierce to buy her when he comes to see her at her work apartment? How does this act constitute power on Robin's part? How much money does Pierce pay Robin for information? Does Robin give him good information? Why does Pierce make Robin take him to Lilly's work apartment? What does he find there? How is this connected to Robin? Why does Robin tell Pierce her real name? How does Pierce place Robin in trouble with Wentz? How does Robin react to this trouble?

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