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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 Pierce find when he walks into his apartment after he is released from the hospital?

2. Why are there no messages on Pierce's voice mail when he returns home from the hospital?

3. Who does Lucy tell Pierce instructed her to show Pierce where Lilly's work apartment was located?

4. What does Renner pull out of his pocket after Pierce makes a comment about being responsible for what happened to Lilly in Chapter 22?

5. What important message does Monica inform Pierce he has waiting for him on his desk at the end of Chapter 29?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Goddard and the others see on the scanning electron microscope that proves Proteus is creating energy?

2. What does Langwiser tell Pierce over the phone in Chapter 30? What does this lead Pierce to do?

3. Where did Langwiser work before coming to work in the private sector? What does Pierce hope she can do for him?

4. What does Pierce find hidden in his backpack in Chapter 31?

5. What does Pierce do in Chapter 32 with the item he finds inside a storage unit rented in his name? Why?

6. What is percentage in a company? Why does Goddard want a percentage in Amedeo in exchange for his investment?

7. How does Pierce locate an address for Lucy LaPorte in chapter 34 after his computer genius friend failed?

8. What does Pierce say in Chapter 22 that convinces Renner that he is guilty?

9. What meeting has Condon refused or been able to postpone as he explains to Pierce in Chapter 26? How important is this meeting?

10. Why does Pierce decide he will have to move again in Chapter 25? How does Pierce respond to questions about his face from his neighbors?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

1) Pierce and Nicole

2) Pierce and Condon

3) Pierce and Renner

4) Pierce and Monica

5) Pierce and Isabelle.

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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