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

2. What band is Cody Zeller listening to when Pierce goes into his office in Chapter 10?

3. What does Robin say Lilly always did with the single parking space at her working apartment?

4. Why did Pierce's stepfather send him into crack houses to find his sister, Isabelle, when he was a child?

5. Who gave Pierce a caricature of himself that hangs on the wall of his office?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does a company like Amedeo Technologies pay its bills and pay for the research they do?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Amedeo Technologies? Who is it named for? What do they do there? How will their research change the world? What kind of security do they have? How are the lights operated? Why is this important to the plot? What is significant about the labs at Amedeo? What do they do in the wire lab? What do they do in the imagining lab? What kind of goggles do they use in the laser lab? What is significant about these?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Amedeo need a private investor? Where did Bronson Technologies find an investor? Why is this of interest to Amedeo's president? Who is the private investor Condon is trying to woo? How much money can he invest? Why is he called a whale? What is a percentage in the company? Why does Amedeo offer a percentage in the company to the large investor? What will this give the investor in the future if Proteus proves to be as valuable as they think it will?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following relationships in detail using quotes to support your conclusions:

1) Pierce and Nicole

2) Pierce and Condon

3) Pierce and Renner

4) Pierce and Monica

5) Pierce and Isabelle.

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