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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 many people does Pierce tell Robin in Chapter 13 his sister's killer murdered before he was caught?

2. What is Entrepreneurial Concepts Unlimited?

3. What one item of furniture did Pierce take from his former home on Amalfi Drive?

4. What does Wentz use to hit Pierce across the face, breaking his nose?

5. What does Monica call Pierce when she is unhappy with an assignment he gives her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. How does Pierce convince Robin in Chapter 12 to take him to the apartment where Lilly worked with clients?

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

10. Why does Pierce think of rock stars, especially Jimi Hendrix, as he lies injured in his bedroom at the end of Chapter 20?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Lilly Quinlan? What is her profession? How does Pierce come to know about her? What does he think about her? What does Pierce find in her house? What does Pierce fail to find that should tip him to something strange about her disappearance? What does Pierce find in Lilly's work apartment? Why does he call the police? Why does this appear to have been a mistake? What do the police think about Pierce's interest in Lilly Quinlan? How does this become a problem for Pierce?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Henry Pierce? What kind of research does he do? What does Pierce hope to do with his research? What does Horton Hears a Who? have to do with his work? What is Fantastic Voyage? What has that to do with Pierce's work? Why has Pierce recently moved? How does he feel about the move? Who keeps calling Pierce's new phone number? For what reason? What does Pierce do with this information? Why is Pierce so interested in the whereabouts of Lilly Quinlan? Whom does Lilly remind him of? For what reason? What guilt does Pierce carry around because of this person?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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