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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. What type of monthly bill was Cody not able to find for Pierce on Lilly Quinlan?

2. What lie does Pierce tell Goddard in Chapter 29 about a former employee?

3. What does Pierce think his stepfather did to his sister that forced her out on the streets and left her preferring the streets to home?

4. Who does Monica tell Pierce has been calling the office repeatedly for him in Chapter 25?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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 Pierce's relationship to Robin? Why does Pierce tell Robin that he will help her get out of her current lifestyle if she wants it? Does Pierce have romantic feelings for Robin? Does Robin have romantic feelings for Pierce? Why does Robin tell Pierce to leave her alone after his attack from Wentz? What does Pierce discover Wentz has done to Robin? What information does Robin have that leads Pierce to solve the mystery of who is setting him up? Does Robin realize the importance of this information?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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