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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. When Bosch confronts Wish about the files she has pulled, what does she tell him?
(a) The case has been partially solved, and they could not have done it without him.
(b) That they have just found a crucial piece of evidence.
(c) That he is off the case at the FBI's request.
(d) A new witness in Meadows's murder has surfaced.

2. What does the pawn shop owner show Bosch?
(a) A photo of the Vietnam War-era gun.
(b) A Polaroid of the bracelet.
(c) A digital photo of the bracelet.
(d) A Polaroid of the ring.

3. What is the reason Sharkey gives for sleeping in the pipe sometimes?
(a) When the crew's room is too crowded, and he is out of money.
(b) He meets his girlfriend there.
(c) He mom sometimes kicks him out of the house.
(d) When he gets kicked out of his uncle's house.

4. After Bosch's confrontation with Wish, what happens when he returns to the police station?
(a) Bosch is told that he is off of the case, but that Edgar will remain on it.
(b) Bosch is told that he and Edgar are off of the case.
(c) He finds a folder full of evidence on the bank heist sitting on his desk.
(d) Bosch is told that he will be allowed to remain on the case, but that Edgar has been taken off of it.

5. What does Bosch tell Special Agent Wish when he meets with her for the first time?
(a) He knows who killed Meadows.
(b) He thinks an FBI agent in her office is working a cover up.
(c) He thinks that the homicide he is working on is related to her Westland caper case.
(d) He thinks the pawn shop owner was involved in Meadows's murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the two ex-convicts stand out to Bosch?

2. After Bosch is done examining the crime scene, where does he go?

3. For what is Edward Niese known?

4. After they complete the examination of the crime scene, what does Bosch tell Edgar he will do if Edgar encounters resistance?

5. After Wish and Bosch make up after the interrogation of Sharkey, why do they go to Ventura County?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the opening scene of the novel.

2. What are the instructions that detective Bosch gives to his partner after they examine the crime scene? What does Bosch intend to do after he leaves the crime scene?

3. Explain Lt. Pounds feelings toward Bosch.

4. Even though Bosch threatens to go to the newspaper if he is taken off of the case, he thinks that his suspension is imminent. Because of this belief, what does he do quickly with regard to the case?

5. On the third day of the investigation, what is the summary of the crime that Wish provides?

6. What information does Bosch find out about the witness?

7. Explain the information Irv Irving finds on Bosch when he reviews Bosch's file and what his reaction to Bosch is.

8. Describe the relationship between Bosch and Wish in Part 4 of the novel.

9. Describe what occurs when Bosch and Wish drive to the Charlie Company.

10. Compare what the FBI and the IAD do with regard to Bosch in this section of the novel.

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