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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 the doctor tell Pierce in Chapter 21 he will need a plastic surgeon?

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

3. Who does Pierce suspect of planting the keys and the scramble card for the storage unit among his things in Chapter 32?

4. Where does Pierce spend the night in Chapter 27?

5. What is in a message Cody leaves for Pierce in Chapter 21?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Pierce find in a storage unit rented in his name and attached to a scramble card he found in his backpack?

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

4. Why does Pierce ask Renner to turn off his tape recorder in Chapter 22? What does Pierce tell him when he does as asked?

5. In Chapter 33, Pierce quickly calls his patent lawyer and asks him to file the patents for Proteus immediately. Why?

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

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

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

9. What does Condon tell Goddard about Pierce's facial injuries in Chapter 27? What is Goddard's response?

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

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 Robin? Why does Pierce call her for information on Lilly? Does Robin help Pierce at first? What does Robin want Pierce to buy her when he comes to see her at her work apartment? How does this act constitute power on Robin's part? How much money does Pierce pay Robin for information? Does Robin give him good information? Why does Pierce make Robin take him to Lilly's work apartment? What does he find there? How is this connected to Robin? Why does Robin tell Pierce her real name? How does Pierce place Robin in trouble with Wentz? How does Robin react to this trouble?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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