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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 nickname does Nicole use for Pierce?

2. What is LA Darlings?

3. On what day did Nicole tell Pierce their relationship was over?

4. What does Pierce find under Lilly's bed in Chapter 13 and on the mattress covering the bed?

5. What does Pierce take from under the blotter at the front reception area at Entrepreneurial Concepts Unlimited?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What crime did Pierce commit in college? For what reason? Was he punished? How is this crime connected to Cody Zeller? What is the nature of the relationship between Pierce and Zeller? Why does Pierce turn to Zeller when he wants to learn more about Lilly and the corporation that owns the website where her webpage appears? Does Zeller help him? How does Zeller turn out to be connected to this corporation? Why did he not tell Pierce the truth? Who really killed Lilly? For what reason? How did Zeller learn about Pierce's guilt for his sister? Why did Zeller use it against Pierce? What was Zeller's intended reward for setting Pierce up?

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