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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. How many ex-convicts serve in Vietnam while Meadows is there?
(a) 100.
(b) 500.
(c) 250.
(d) 15.

2. What is the news that Bosch breaks to the pawn shop owner?
(a) A gun from the Vietnam War was stolen from his store.
(b) A bracelet has been stolen from his store.
(c) Guns from his store have been found in Meadows's apartment.
(d) A ring has been stolen from his store.

3. When Bosch and Wish return from Ventura County and go to the federal building, what does Wish do?
(a) Collapses from exhaustion.
(b) Looks through files.
(c) Goes to talk to her supervisor.
(d) Runs Scales's list and orders mug shots.

4. How does the FBI think the criminals are hiding their activities from the DWP inspectors?
(a) They cover their hole with plywood coated with concrete.
(b) They cover the hole with a large piece of metal sheeting.
(c) The DWP inspectors never go to the area in which they are working, so they don't need to worry about it.
(d) They have a guy working for them within the DWP.

5. When Sharkey is done providing information, what does Bosch say he wants to do with Sharkey?
(a) Hospitalize him.
(b) Arrest him.
(c) Detain him.
(d) Hypnotize him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the street name of Edward Niese?

2. What data does Bosch check after he speaks with the Internal Affairs Department on Day 2?

3. Why does Wish say that Meadows moves up to the level of a suspect?

4. From where does Bosch know William Meadows, the person he has to check the computer for?

5. As Bosch checks data, what hit comes up 343 times?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the end of the third day, what is the information that Wish and Bosch glean about Meadows?

2. What happens when Sharkey climbs into the Grand Am?

3. When Bosch guesses that there is more to Sharkey's story, what information does Sharkey provide about the crime?

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

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

6. What proof does Wish give to characterize Bosch as an "institutional man"?

7. Bosch finds a major clue when he investigates Meadows' apartment. Describe the clue he finds, how he finds the clue, and what he concludes about that clue.

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

9. Describe how detective Bosch identifies the body he finds at the crime scene.

10. Describe the dynamic of the relationship between Wish, Bosch and Rourke as Bosch begins his work on the investigation with the FBI.

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