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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. Why does Pierce search his own car in Chapter 31?

2. What does Pierce find when he walks into his apartment after he is released from the hospital?

3. How does Amedeo celebrate Goddard's announcement that he wants to invest with them?

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

5. What does Renner show Pierce a picture of in Chapter 22?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Why does Renner accuse Pierce of murder? How does Renner excuse the attack Pierce has suffered?

4. 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?

5. What does Cody Zeller tell Pierce he has FedEx'd to his office in Chapter 25? What does Pierce discover inside the package in chapter 26?

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

7. What book of symbols does Pierce leave open on Nicole's coffee table in Chapter 35? Why?

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

9. In Chapter 33 Pierce analyzes his situation and comes to a conclusion as to who and why he has been set up. What is Pierce's conclusion?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Who is Robert Renner? Why does Renner believe that Pierce killed Lilly Quinlan? What is a Good Samaritan? Why does Renner think that Pierce would call the police for a murder he committed? What admission does Pierce make that Renner sees as an admission of guilt? On what basis does Renner try to get a search warrant against Pierce? Why does Pierce's lawyer caution him about Renner? Why does Renner agree to help Pierce in the end? What happens when Renner hides in the wire lab during Pierce's conversation with Zeller? Does Renner believe Pierce to be innocent in the end?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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