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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 excuse does Pierce give for calling Zeller to his lab in Chapter 37?

2. What reason does Pierce give Condon for wanting to delay the meeting with Goddard in Chapter 26?

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. What news does Langwiser have when Pierce calls her in Chapter 26?

5. Who is the woman running her fingers through Pierce's hair when he wakes at the beginning of Chapter 21?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is hiding in the wire room in Chapter 38? Why?

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

10. Why does Pierce assume Nicole is ready to take him back at the end of Chapter 24? Is she?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Pierce's phone number. How did Pierce get his new phone number? Who set it up? Who begins calling the number from the start? How does this send Pierce down the road of investigating Lilly Quinlan's disappearance? Who does Pierce think had the number before him? Did he ever find a phone bill connecting this person to the number? Why not? How does it turn out the number became connected to Lilly Quinlan? Who set Pierce up?

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

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?

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