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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. How did Isabelle Pierce's killer die?

2. What memory of the Ferris wheel on the Santa Monica pier does Pierce repeatedly think of throughout the novel?

3. What is Pierce willing to offer to an investor in exchange for the money he needs to continue his research?

4. What name does Pierce reveal in Chapter 16 his sister used on the streets before her death?

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 Pierce lie about how he found Lilly's work apartment?

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

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

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

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

6. What is the connection between Fantastic Voyage and Amedeo's current project?

7. 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?

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

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

10. What does Pierce learn is the name of the man who runs Entrepreneurial Concepts? Why does Pierce threaten to sue this man?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Amedeo need a private investor? Where did Bronson Technologies find an investor? Why is this of interest to Amedeo's president? Who is the private investor Condon is trying to woo? How much money can he invest? Why is he called a whale? What is a percentage in the company? Why does Amedeo offer a percentage in the company to the large investor? What will this give the investor in the future if Proteus proves to be as valuable as they think it will?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What is Proteus? Who created it? What is its purpose? What could Proteus do to the future of medicine and computer technology? Who would want to steal Proteus? Why does Zeller want to steal it? What does Zeller plan to do with it? For what reason? Why does Pierce quickly file the patents that will protect Proteus? What does Pierce hope this will do to protect Proteus? Who else is in on the plan to steal Proteus? What does this mean to the future of Amedeo?

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