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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Parker Center--the L.A. Police Department's headquarters--symbolize to Harry in Chapter 8?
(a) A beacon for justice.
(b) The end of his career.
(c) A bureaucratic labyrinth.
(d) A web of corruption.

2. Why is Harry upset in the first chapter?
(a) His radio scanner is broken.
(b) His dinner has been ruined by a call.
(c) He is alone on Christmas.
(d) RHD takes a case he thinks should be his.

3. Harry Bosch enters the crime scene with a handkerchief over his mouth. Why?
(a) The odor of the body overpowers him.
(b) He doesn't want anyone to see the expression on his face.
(c) He's sad about his colleague's death.
(d) His allergies have flared due to the fire.

4. Where does Porter live?
(a) In his car.
(b) A hotel.
(c) A trailer park.
(d) On the beach.

5. Who is Harry's full-time partner?
(a) No one, because there are no permanent partner assignments.
(b) Jerry Edgar.
(c) Cal Moore.
(d) Lucius Porter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harry finds Hollywood depressing. Why?

2. Harry spoke with Cal Moore before his death about a case. What does he discover after Moore's death from his colleagues?

3. Assistant Chief Irving laments the fact that not enough officers bother to do what?

4. Harry goes to Police HQ to talk to a crime scene tech. What does this tech say that makes Harry doubt the idea that Cal Moore committed suicide in his motel room?

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

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