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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Harry find himself surprised to be thinking about as he makes love to Teresa?

4. In Chapter 16, why does Harry think Lieutenant Pounds wants him to avoid connecting the death of Kapps and Guitierrez-Llosa with Cal Moore?

5. Teresa asks Bosch if he is like Timido, the coyote who lives in his canyon. What traits does she think Harry and Timido share?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the "Juan Doe" die, and how did the case reach Bosch?

2. What does Harry learn from the crime scene technician in Chapter 8?

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

4. What was unusual about the fruit flies found in the autopsy, according to Teresa Corazon?

5. Why does the kid think that Harry must be being nice to him? Is he correct?

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Harry have to sweet talk the crime scene technician who processed the Moore case in Chapter 8?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Every novel takes place somewhere, and the strongest novels have settings that thematically resonate with the other fictional elements, including plot, character, language, etc. Choose at least one of the settings (geographical, physical, chronological, etc.) and write an analysis that 1) examines the setting in terms of both form and 2) in content, and 3) determines how the setting in question affected other fictional elements.

Essay Topic 2

A major psychological theme of this book is family, particularly as it has to do with the characterization of Cal Moore. Offer examples of Connolly's theme of family, and explain how it contributes to the plot and conflict structure of this book. Your essay should feature strong argumentative evidence.

Essay Topic 3

Many of the best and most successful mysteries are structured through withholding information. Whether it is a first person narrator who is unreliable, or characters who lie to each other or the reader, this kind of information mediation is a key technique of fiction writing. Construct a thesis that responds to Connelly's use of this technique and the way he withholds information from the reader or from his characters and write an argumentative essay.

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