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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. In Chapter 16, Harry suspects that Lieutenant Pounds is not a true devout Christian. Why does Harry think he pretends?

2. Who does Bosch get a call from as he is looking for Porter?

3. Harry is asked to meet with his Lieutenant in his office. What is the nickname for his office?

4. There is a mystery revealed about Harry's Lieutenant Pounds in Chapter 16. He often has white powder residue on his pants. What is it from?

5. Why does Bosch sometimes think solving homicide cases are all that matter?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is black ice?

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

4. What is the real reason why Harry Bosch finds Hollywood depressing?

5. What does Harry learn about the way sterilized fruit flies are shipped to the United States from 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 was unusual about the fruit flies found in the autopsy, according to Teresa Corazon?

8. Describe the previous interactions between Cal Moore and Harry Bosch and the extent to which they knew each other before Moore's suicide.

9. Why does Harry think that solving homicide cases are the only cases that matter?

10. What does Harry's boss tell him at the beginning of Chapter 5, and what is Harry's response?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Tunnels and a castle play important plot roles in this story, but also serve a symbolic function. In a detailed analysis, describe how the reader encounters each symbol, what the symbols mean, if they change in meaning as the plot progresses, and what each has to do with the character of Cal Moore.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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