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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. What do Lewis and Clarke do as Bosch travels up the highway?

2. As Bosch is in the hospital, what are the conditions of Lewis and Clarke?

3. What warning does Bosch give to Binh?

4. On what fact does Pounds agree with Rourke?

5. What does dispatch tell Wish and Bosch about Tran?

Short Essay Questions

1. As Bosch observes Lewis and Clarke following him after he leaves the INS office, what does he discover?

2. Describe the conditions of several of the main characters as the scene in the hospital opens.

3. After they receive the information about Binh, about what with regard to Meadows's and Binh's involvement do they postulate?

4. When Bosch is exasperated while in the hospital, what does he decide to do?

5. How does Rourke respond after the car is pulled over?

6. About what is Pounds angry after Bosch and Wish pull a car over?

7. Describe the scene at the Malibu pier.

8. As Bosch remembers that Meadows's lease on his apartment is over soon, what two things does Bosch realize?

9. What pieces of the mystery does Wish appear to be solving as Bosch is in the hospital?

10. Describe the scene when the vault door opens.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain in an essay why you liked or disliked The Black Echo. What is suspenseful? Did it keep you on the edge of your seat? Did you have a hard time putting it down? Did you find it boring? Use specific examples to support your reasoning. Would you recommend this novel to your friends?

Essay Topic 2

In this essay, focus on agent Wish. Your essay should analyze her character and explain your feelings about her posing as an ethical FBI agent, when in fact, she was behind some of the crimes. Did you figure this fact out early in your reading, or was it not until the novel revealed it that you understood her motive? Did you understand her motive? Were her intentions good in wanting to make the men pay for what they did?

Essay Topic 3

There are some points in the novel where dramatic irony is used. Summarize at least two of these instances and explain whether or not you think the dramatic irony is effective in revealing the plot.

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