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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. Who is Nicole James?

2. What item did Pierce get a patent for five years previously that began his current odyssey with his company?

3. Who is Larraby?

4. Who does Pierce see loitering around the storage lockers in the lobby of his apartment building in Chapter 19?

5. Who does Robin claim really runs Entrepreneurial Concepts?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Robin call and leave a message for Pierce in Chapter 16? What does she reveal to Pierce about herself during a subsequent phone call?

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

4. What is Amedeo attempting to develop in their labs as Pierce explains it to Monica in Chapter 11?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

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

1) Setting

2) Point of View

3) Language.

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