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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 item did Pierce get a patent for five years previously that began his current odyssey with his company?
2. What is Arbadac Arba?
3. What does Wentz tell Pierce in Chapter 19 that he wants from him?
4. What does Pierce witness being taken from Lilly's work apartment in Chapter 16?
5. What does Pierce use in Chapter 19 to help carry his groceries to his apartment?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Pierce go to All American Mail in Chapter 7? Why does he lie about wanting a mail box there?
2. What is the connection between Fantastic Voyage and Amedeo's current project?
3. 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?
4. Why does Pierce lie about how he found Lilly's work apartment?
5. Who is Isabelle? How did she die?
6. What is Amedeo attempting to develop in their labs as Pierce explains it to Monica in Chapter 11?
7. 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?
8. Why does Pierce ask Monica not to speak about him to other people?
9. Why does Pierce call Lilly's mother in Chapter 9? What does he learn from this conversation?
10. What does Pierce notice as unusual inside his car when he returns to it in Chapter 16?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss one of the following themes in detail, using quotes from the novel to support your conclusions:
1) Guilt
2) Illegal activities
3) Child sexual abuse
4) Obsession.
Essay Topic 3
Who is Robert Renner? Why does Renner believe that Pierce killed Lilly Quinlan? What is a Good Samaritan? Why does Renner think that Pierce would call the police for a murder he committed? What admission does Pierce make that Renner sees as an admission of guilt? On what basis does Renner try to get a search warrant against Pierce? Why does Pierce's lawyer caution him about Renner? Why does Renner agree to help Pierce in the end? What happens when Renner hides in the wire lab during Pierce's conversation with Zeller? Does Renner believe Pierce to be innocent in the end?
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