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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. Teresa also finds fruit fly larvae in Juan Doe's stomach. What does she conclude about their presence?
(a) That Juan Doe was a fly breeder and likely had been living in Mexico.
(b) That Juan Doe was a fly breeder and likely had been living in Hawaii.
(c) That Juan Doe was a homeless person.
(d) That Juan Does was a part of a bug-eating cult.

2. Harry examines Porter's unsolved cases and discovers an odd coincidence. What is it?
(a) Porter was investigating the Cal Moore suicide.
(b) One of the murders happened at a diner frequented by Cal Moore.
(c) Harry was a suspect in one of the cases Porter had been investigating.
(d) One of the victims was Harry's mom.

3. In Chapter 4, Harry thinks that Cal Moore answered a question that many people have. What is it?
(a) He found out who his mother is.
(b) He found out what happens after death.
(c) He determined the meaning of life.
(d) He found out who he was.

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

5. What do Bosch and Rickard decide to do with the young drug dealer after he is arrested?
(a) Charge him with drug possession.
(b) Interrogate him.
(c) Hold him for a long period of time to make it more likely he'll be willing to talk.
(d) Let him go.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Harry and Rickard threaten to arrest a kid they meet on the street?

2. Upon viewing the body of Cal Moore, Harry makes an initial judgment about how he was killed. What is it that he thinks happened?

3. 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?

4. What is the atmosphere like in the police station where Harry works?

5. On his way to meet Teresa Corazon, Harry stops to look at himself in a mirror. What does he see?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Bosch act so upset in the first chapter?

2. Why does Harry begin to dislike Rickard after they bust the teenager for possession?

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

4. Why does Harry begin to think that Moore was a bad cop?

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

6. Why does Harry seem so drawn to the teenager he and Rickard arrested when he goes and talks to him after he returns to visit him in jail?

7. What is Rickard doing when he calls Harry in Chapter 11?

8. Why does Moore's life begin disintegrating, according to his wife?

9. Why do the police believe Moore killed himself?

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

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