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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 does Pierce say is the only person he ever told about finding his sister and letting her go?

2. Who does Pierce ask Cody to find an address on in Chapter 25?

3. How much of a percentage in Amedeo does Goddard want in exchange for his investment?

4. What is special about a scanning electron microscope?

5. How does Pierce find where the scramble card he found in his backpack goes in Chapter 31?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. 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?

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

6. What is Proteus? What are some of its potential uses?

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

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

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Who is Lilly Quinlan? What is her profession? How does Pierce come to know about her? What does he think about her? What does Pierce find in her house? What does Pierce fail to find that should tip him to something strange about her disappearance? What does Pierce find in Lilly's work apartment? Why does he call the police? Why does this appear to have been a mistake? What do the police think about Pierce's interest in Lilly Quinlan? How does this become a problem for Pierce?

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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