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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. What does Harry do for Kerwin in Chapter 15?
(a) He sends him to a GED program to finish high school.
(b) He drug tests him.
(c) Gives him bail money.
(d) Rents him a motel room.

2. After talking to Kerwin, what does Harry decide to do in Chapter 16?
(a) Arrest Porter.
(b) Drop his pursuit of the case.
(c) Arrest Kerwin.
(d) Go to Mexico.

3. The victim of the crime Harry is investigating is a former colleague of his. His life began to disintegrate when:
(a) He divorced his wife.
(b) He robbed a bank.
(c) Internal Affairs began to investigate.
(d) He began to sell drugs.

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

5. What is the clientele like at Poe's, the bar where Harry finally finds Porter?
(a) Drug dealers and sex workers.
(b) Trash collectors, dock workers, and newspaper delivery people.
(c) Hipsters and yuppies.
(d) Executives, cops, writers, and priests.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Harry's full-time partner?

2. Why was Harry demoted from the elite Robbery Homicide Division?

3. What favor does Cal Moore ask Porter for?

4. What does Harry realize that he has lost after attempting to interrogate Kerwin in Chapter 15?

5. What advice does Moore ask Bosch for before his death?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Harry think Juan Doe's body, killed in Mexicali, made it to Los Angeles?

2. Describe the work environment in Harry's police station.

3. How does the reader know, in Chapter 7, that Harry empathizes with Porter?

4. What is the BANG squad?

5. Why does Harry's possible identification of the Juan Doe in Chapter 13 confirm that the three cases might be related?

6. What does Harry learn in Chapter 12 about why Porter did not come clean with what he knew about Juan Doe?

7. In Chapters 9 and 10, what is bothering Teresa?

8. According to Harry, why are homicides in Hollywood more difficult to solve than elsewhere?

9. What does Harry learn about the way sterilized fruit flies are shipped to the United States from Mexico?

10. Give at least two reasons that foreshadow the fact that Harry will go to Mexico.

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