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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 the woman running her fingers through Pierce's hair when he wakes at the beginning of Chapter 21?

2. Who does Zeller tell Pierce paid him to make Proteus disappear?

3. In Chapter 36, who fits the description Lucy gives Pierce of Grady Allison?

4. What is special about a scanning electron microscope?

5. How far in advance does Pierce learn the storage unit was paid for in Chapter 32?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Cody Zeller learn about Pierce's guilt in connection to his sister?

4. What disorder does Goddard's daughter suffer? How does this relate to his investments?

5. Who is hiding in the wire room in Chapter 38? Why?

6. What is a sniffer? Where did Pierce find one of these devices?

7. 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?

8. What does Condon have Goddard sign before allowing him into the lab? For what reason?

9. What does Pierce tell Nicole in Chapter 21 when she asks how he received his injuries? Why?

10. What car does Lucy describe as the one outside Lilly's apartment the day she disappeared? How does Pierce connect this with someone he knows?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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) Character motivation

2) Character traits

3) Character relationships.

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