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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 does Wentz tell Pierce in Chapter 19 that he wants from him?

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

3. Who is Jacob Kaz?

4. Why did Pierce's stepfather send him into crack houses to find his sister, Isabelle, when he was a child?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Isabelle? How did she die?

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Pierce ask Monica not to speak about him to other people?

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

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

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

What is hidden in a storage compartment rented under Pierce's name? How did the storage compartment come to be under Pierce's name? When was it rented? For what purpose? How long does this suggest the plot against Pierce had been under works? What would happen if the police learned of this storage compartment? Would a murderer really hide incriminating evidence in that manner? What are the benefits of hiding evidence in such a way? What are the downfalls of hiding information in that way? How does Pierce temporarily protect himself from the situation? How long will this solution last?

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

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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