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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. What is a houseman?
(a) The manager of a lab.
(b) A chaperon at a college dorm.
(c) The man at the crackhouse who collected fees for the use of the house.
(d) Another name for the head of security in corporate America.

2. Why does Pierce look under the blotter on the desk of the front reception area at Entrepreneurial Concepts Unlimited?
(a) To steal a membership to one of the adult websites.
(b) To find a password.
(c) To find more information on Lilly.
(d) To steal money.

3. What is on a voice command in all the rooms of Pierce's workplace?
(a) The elevators.
(b) The lab equipment.
(c) The lights.
(d) The security.

4. How long does Pierce tell Robin in Chapter 13 his sister's body lay in the open before someone called the police?
(a) Several days.
(b) Several months.
(c) Several hours.
(d) Several weeks.

5. What does Robin say Lilly always did with the single parking space at her working apartment?
(a) Left it empty for the client.
(b) Used it for her Lexus.
(c) Rented it out to a neighbor.
(d) Kept a storage unit in it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Pierce see loitering around the storage lockers in the lobby of his apartment building in Chapter 19?

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

3. Why did the private detective Mrs. Quinlan hired to find Lilly stop searching?

4. What does Robin ask Pierce to buy for her before she will see him?

5. What is social engineering?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Amedeo attempting to develop in their labs as Pierce explains it to Monica in Chapter 11?

2. Why does Pierce lie about how he found Lilly's work apartment?

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

4. Why does Pierce promise Philip Glass he will back off his investigation into Lilly Quinlan's disappearance?

5. Why did Robin call and leave a message for Pierce in Chapter 16? What does she reveal to Pierce about herself during a subsequent phone call?

6. What does Pierce notice as unusual inside his car when he returns to it in Chapter 16?

7. Who is the first person to call Henry Pierce's phone after he first hooks it up? What does this say about the person who previously owned the phone?

8. How does Pierce convince Robin in Chapter 12 to take him to the apartment where Lilly worked with clients?

9. What is the connection between Fantastic Voyage and Amedeo's current project?

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

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