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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 special about a scanning electron microscope?
(a) It can see energy..
(b) It can see certain light signatures.
(c) It can see moving parts.
(d) It can see things normal microscopes cannot.

2. Why does Pierce believe that Wentz did not target him to be set up for murder in Chapter 33?
(a) Wentz is not in the same business as Pierce.
(b) Pierce is too intelligent for Wentz to not be afraid of him.
(c) Pierce never had contact with Wentz' girls.
(d) They had no connection to each other.

3. Why does Pierce walk down a pedestrian tunnel in Chapter 34?
(a) To check out the area around his old house.
(b) To meet a friend.
(c) To sneak up on Nicole.
(d) To tak a walk on the beach.

4. What message does Lucy LaPorte leave for Pierce in Chapter 25?
(a) A warning to stop calling her.
(b) A thank you for his warnings about Wentz.
(c) A request to meet.
(d) A request for help.

5. Why does the doctor tell Pierce in Chapter 21 he will need a plastic surgeon?
(a) For the lacerations around his eye and nose.
(b) To repair his broken nose.
(c) To repair a laceration on his thigh.
(d) For the cut on his chest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pierce realize when he begins analyzing the search of his car in Chapter 31?

2. What does Pierce say when Nicole asks in Chapter 21 what is going on in his life?

3. What illness does Larraby suffer that he hopes Proteus and the technology to come from it will help control?

4. Why does Nicole kick Pierce out of her bedroom in Chapter 35?

5. What does Pierce find when he walks into his apartment after he is released from the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Monica catch Pierce doing in Chapter 26 that causes her to request a transfer back to the general secretary pool?

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

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

5. What does Pierce tell Nicole in Chapter 21 when she asks how he received his injuries? Why?

6. What does Pierce say in Chapter 22 that convinces Renner that he is guilty?

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

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

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

10. Why does Pierce decide he will have to move again in Chapter 25? How does Pierce respond to questions about his face from his neighbors?

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