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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pounds asks Harry to solve a case by New Year's Day to improve the Department's statistics. Why does this offend Harry?
(a) Harry is convinced that Pounds is not a good boss.
(b) Harry does not think murder investigations should be solved hastily.
(c) Harry thinks Pounds has a hidden agenda.
(d) He thinks Pounds is more concerned with numbers than people.

2. Harry meets with Cal Moore's former co-workers. They pass something on to him that Cal Moore wanted him to have. What is it?
(a) A suicide note.
(b) A watch.
(c) A check.
(d) A case file.

3. Harry learns what "black ice" is from Cal Moore. What it?
(a) A drug made of PCP, heroin, and cocaine.
(b) A slippery substance used by criminals in car chases.
(c) The name of a drink at Moore's favorite bar.
(d) A special ice used by coroners made into a drug.

4. What attracts Harry Bosch's attention on the police scanner as the book opens?
(a) Forest fire.
(b) Smoke signals.
(c) A house fire.
(d) Brushfire.

5. Where does Moore reveal to Harry that he (Moore) is from?
(a) Calexico.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Mexicali.
(d) The East Coast.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harry examines Porter's unsolved cases and discovers an odd coincidence. What is it?

2. Harry is asked to meet with his Lieutenant in his office. What is the nickname for his office?

3. Harry is asked to take over Lucius Porter's cases. Why is Porter not able to solve his own cases?

4. In the first chapter, Harry is thinking about an animal he is attempting to feed and has named "Timido." What kind of animal is it?

5. What ethical concern does Harry have in reading the file Moore left for him?

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