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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the private detective Mrs. Quinlan hired to find Lilly stop searching?
(a) He could not find anything of use.
(b) She did not pay him enough.
(c) He found her.
(d) He did not think it a case worth pursuing.

2. Why does Pierce tell Renner about Robin in Chapter 15?
(a) He is trying to be honest.
(b) He thinks she killed Lilly.
(c) He needs a reason for why he knew to call Mrs. Quinlan.
(d) He is covering his own tracks.

3. What is Entrepreneurial Concepts Unlimited?
(a) A phone company in Santa Monica.
(b) The company that owns LA Darlings and other websites.
(c) A competitor of Pierce's company.
(d) The company that wants to invest in Pierce's company.

4. What did Charlie Condon do for a living before he earned his Master's in finance?
(a) He was a college professor.
(b) He was a doctor.
(c) He was a cop.
(d) He was a model.

5. What does Pierce witness being taken from Lilly's work apartment in Chapter 16?
(a) Her body.
(b) The bed.
(c) The mattress.
(d) A peice of flooring.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is on a voice command in all the rooms of Pierce's workplace?

2. Who is Curt?

3. What is the name of the competing technology firm that Nicole was last collecting information about before she left Pierce's company?

4. What does Pierce use in Chapter 19 to help carry his groceries to his apartment?

5. Who does Pierce accuse Wainwright of working for in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Clyde Vernon grill Pierce on his breakup with Nicole?

2. Why does Pierce go to the office of Entrepreneurial Concepts in Chapter 6? What does he hope to learn there?

3. How does Pierce end up hanging upside down outside his apartment balcony in Chapter 19?

4. Who is Monica Purl? Why is she at Pierce's apartment in Chapter 7?

5. Why does Pierce think of rock stars, especially Jimi Hendrix, as he lies injured in his bedroom at the end of Chapter 20?

6. Why does Pierce go to visit his college friend, Cody Zeller? What does he want Cody to do for him?

7. Why does Pierce call the police at the end of Chapter 13? What is the result of this phone call?

8. Why is Pierce living in a new apartment? What happened to his previous home?

9. Why does Pierce call Nicole and ask her to look up Robin's number on the LA Darlings website in Chapter 20?

10. Why does Pierce call back one of Lilly's callers and ask for the name of the website where her web page appears?

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