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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Harry do to get the information he wants from Teresa about Cal Moore?
(a) He promises to help her get appointed Chief Medical Examiner.
(b) He threatens to reveal the details of their affair.
(c) He reveals information about his case to her.
(d) He bribes her with a dessert.

2. Where does Harry find Porter?
(a) The squad room.
(b) Downtown bar.
(c) The movie studios.
(d) His house.

3. 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?
(a) There were no other fingerprints in the motel room than Moore's.
(b) The fingerprints on the gun did not match Moore's.
(c) Moore's dental records did not match the corpse's.
(d) The gun did not belong to Moore.

4. Harry's meeting with Teresa Corazon is intended to give him more information about the Juan Doe who was found dead in the alley behind the diner. What does Harry find out?
(a) His body was dumped in the alley after death.
(b) He was killed with a wooden stick and his body was dumped in the alley after death.
(c) He was killed by Cal Moore.
(d) He was killed with a wooden stick.

5. What holiday is going on as Harry starts his case?
(a) Thanksgiving.
(b) New Year's Eve.
(c) Halloween.
(d) Christmas.

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

7. Why does Teresa conclude that Moore's death was not a homicide?
(a) Because police brass pressured her to say that the death was inconclusive.
(b) Because Teresa was not very good at her job.
(c) Because Teresa was unsure what the autopsy results meant.
(d) Because Teresa was in cahoots with his killer.

8. Why would Assistant Chief Irving want to cover up the possible murder of Moore?
(a) If Moore was involved in any corrupt activities that led to his death, it could bring shame upon the police department.
(b) If Moore's death was ruled a suicide, his wife might not be allowed to collect his life insurance benefits.
(c) If Moore's death was ruled a murder, Irving could be implicated.
(d) An high unsolved murder rate would be bad for the department's statistics.

9. In Chapter 10, Bosch makes a mysterious phone call and reveals what he just learned about the autopsy results. Who is it most likely that he calls?
(a) Moore's killer.
(b) The police chief.
(c) A journalist.
(d) Harry's attorney.

10. Why does Harry visit the the Medfly Eradication Project Center in Chapter 14?
(a) To see if anyone there knew Cal Moore.
(b) He is concerned about a public health epedmic.
(c) To find out if it's possible that the dead man in the alley came from Mexicali.
(d) He is worried that Porter paid off a worker there.

11. What do Harry and Richard learn from the kid they meet on the street?
(a) The name of a major drug dealer.
(b) Nothing, he refuses to share any information and is arrested instead.
(c) The name of a club where drugs are dealt.
(d) The location of Cal Moore's body.

12. In Chapter 11, why does Harry decide he needs to talk to Porter next?
(a) His pullout from the department is too coincidental.
(b) His retirement indicated that he was corrupt.
(c) Porter called Harry and told him he knew what was up.
(d) Harry has a hunch.

13. Where does Harry meet with Rickard?
(a) A diner.
(b) Police headquarters.
(c) A rave.
(d) A coffee shop.

14. Harry finds Hollywood depressing. Why?
(a) He has worked there a long time.
(b) He grew up there.
(c) He does not like prostitutes.
(d) His colleague was found dead there.

15. Pounds asks Harry to visit his office for a reason in Chapter 5. What is it?
(a) To find out more about the Moore case.
(b) To promote him.
(c) To ask him for his resignation.
(d) To get Harry to solve a murder by the end of New Year's Eve.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harry Bosch enters the crime scene with a handkerchief over his mouth. Why?

2. Why is Harry upset in the first chapter?

3. Where does Moore reveal to Harry that he (Moore) is from?

4. The victim of the crime Harry is investigating is a former colleague of his. His life began to disintegrate when:

5. Pounds asks Harry to solve a case by New Year's Day to improve the Department's statistics. Why does this offend Harry?

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