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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 does Pierce tell Larraby to switch to thermal in Chapter 28?

2. Why does Pierce believe that Wentz did not target him to be set up for murder in Chapter 33?

3. How far in advance does Pierce learn the storage unit was paid for in Chapter 32?

4. Who does Monica tell Pierce has been calling the office repeatedly for him in Chapter 25?

5. Who does Zeller tell Pierce paid him to make Proteus disappear?

Short Essay Questions

1. What disorder does Goddard's daughter suffer? How does this relate to his investments?

2. 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?

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. In Chapter 33 Pierce analyzes his situation and comes to a conclusion as to who and why he has been set up. What is Pierce's conclusion?

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

6. What meeting has Condon refused or been able to postpone as he explains to Pierce in Chapter 26? How important is this meeting?

7. What does Cody Zeller tell Pierce he has FedEx'd to his office in Chapter 25? What does Pierce discover inside the package in chapter 26?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

1) Character motivation

2) Character traits

3) Character relationships.

Essay Topic 2

Who is Henry Pierce? What kind of research does he do? What does Pierce hope to do with his research? What does Horton Hears a Who? have to do with his work? What is Fantastic Voyage? What has that to do with Pierce's work? Why has Pierce recently moved? How does he feel about the move? Who keeps calling Pierce's new phone number? For what reason? What does Pierce do with this information? Why is Pierce so interested in the whereabouts of Lilly Quinlan? Whom does Lilly remind him of? For what reason? What guilt does Pierce carry around because of this person?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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