View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Pierce tell Larraby to switch to thermal in Chapter 28?

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

3. What does Pierce worry about as he checks out the front of Lucy LaPorte's house in Chapter 36?

4. Who suggests that Proteus might win Pierce a Nobel Prize?

5. Why does the doctor tell Pierce in Chapter 21 he will need a plastic surgeon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Langwiser tell Pierce over the phone in Chapter 30? What does this lead Pierce to do?

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

3. Why does Pierce ask Renner to turn off his tape recorder in Chapter 22? What does Pierce tell him when he does as asked?

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

5. How did Cody Zeller learn about Pierce's guilt in connection to his sister?

6. What does Pierce find in a storage unit rented in his name and attached to a scramble card he found in his backpack?

7. What is percentage in a company? Why does Goddard want a percentage in Amedeo in exchange for his investment?

8. What does Pierce do in Chapter 32 with the item he finds inside a storage unit rented in his name? Why?

9. Why does Renner accuse Pierce of murder? How does Renner excuse the attack Pierce has suffered?

10. What car does Lucy describe as the one outside Lilly's apartment the day she disappeared? How does Pierce connect this with someone he knows?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Who is Robin? Why does Pierce call her for information on Lilly? Does Robin help Pierce at first? What does Robin want Pierce to buy her when he comes to see her at her work apartment? How does this act constitute power on Robin's part? How much money does Pierce pay Robin for information? Does Robin give him good information? Why does Pierce make Robin take him to Lilly's work apartment? What does he find there? How is this connected to Robin? Why does Robin tell Pierce her real name? How does Pierce place Robin in trouble with Wentz? How does Robin react to this trouble?

Essay Topic 3

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,261 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample