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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. What does AE stand for?

3. What does the symbol shu stand for?

4. What is Lucy watching on television when Pierce forces his way into her house in Chapter 36?

5. Who admits to killing Lilly Quinlan in Chapter 38?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What does Monica catch Pierce doing in Chapter 26 that causes her to request a transfer back to the general secretary pool?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Nicole James? What is her relationship to Pierce? How does he feel about her? What was her role at Amedeo? How did this role place Nicole as a security risk to the company? Why does Pierce want to call her when he learns about Lilly Quinlan? Why does she refuse to take his call? Why does Pierce come to suspect Nicole is selling secrets to a competitor of Amedeo? How does he learn that it was not Nicole selling his secrets? How does Nicole feel when she realizes how Pierce was testing her? is there any chance this relationship will be repaired in the future?

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 Pierce become so interested in the missing Lilly Quinlan? What does Lilly have to do with Pierce's sister? How did Pierce's sister die? Why does Pierce feel that her death is his fault? What reason did Isabelle give Pierce for running away from home? Was the accusation true? Why did Pierce let her go when he found her? What did Pierce plan to do for his sister in the future? Why did Pierce's stepfather make Pierce go into the crack houses to find his sister? How was Isabelle killed? How might her death have been avoided?

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