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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Harry's full-time partner?
(a) Cal Moore.
(b) No one, because there are no permanent partner assignments.
(c) Lucius Porter.
(d) Jerry Edgar.

2. Harry cannot sleep because of the developing case. How does this make him feel?
(a) Mad.
(b) Angry.
(c) Sad.
(d) Invigorated.

3. Why do Harry and Rickard threaten to arrest a kid they meet on the street?
(a) He killed Juan Doe.
(b) He helped the drug dealer Cal Moore had arrested before his death.
(c) He killed Cal Moore.
(d) They suspect him of dealing drugs.

4. What cases does Harry decide to focus on first?
(a) The ones where children were harmed.
(b) The ones with multiple victims.
(c) The ones involving important people, like the murdered priest.
(d) The most recent.

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

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

7. Who does Harry meet at Cal Moore's apartment?
(a) Zorrillo.
(b) Moore's partner.
(c) Moore's ex-wife.
(d) Lucius Porter.

8. What attracts Harry Bosch's attention on the police scanner as the book opens?
(a) Smoke signals.
(b) Brushfire.
(c) A house fire.
(d) Forest fire.

9. 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 ask him for his resignation.
(c) To get Harry to solve a murder by the end of New Year's Eve.
(d) To promote him.

10. In the first chapter, Harry is thinking about an animal he is attempting to feed and has named "Timido." What kind of animal is it?
(a) A coyote.
(b) A chicken.
(c) A squirrel.
(d) His dog.

11. In Chapter 16, why does Harry think Lieutenant Pounds wants him to avoid connecting the death of Kapps and Guitierrez-Llosa with Cal Moore?
(a) Pounds was involved in the murders and wants to cover himself.
(b) He feels guilty that Kapps died.
(c) If it turns out Moore's death is connected to the other two, the Robbery Homicide squad will take the case over. And that will prevent Pounds from counting the case in his end of year statistics.
(d) It might make the department look bad.

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

13. Where does Porter live?
(a) A trailer park.
(b) A hotel.
(c) In his car.
(d) On the beach.

14. Where does Harry look when he returns to his search for Porter in Chapter 12?
(a) "Bottle clubs" that open after bars close.
(b) Twenty-four hour restaurants.
(c) Drive-in theaters.
(d) Hospitals.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What holiday is going on as Harry starts his case?

3. Why would Assistant Chief Irving want to cover up the possible murder of Moore?

4. When they meet up on stage in this novel the first time, what does Moore's wife accuse Harry of?

5. 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?

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