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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) No one, because there are no permanent partner assignments.
(b) Cal Moore.
(c) Jerry Edgar.
(d) Lucius Porter.

2. What favor does Cal Moore ask Porter for?
(a) To delay identifying the body of the Juan Doe who was found in the alley.
(b) To pick up his wife from the airport.
(c) To transport drugs to Mexico.
(d) To fix a parking ticket.

3. 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) One of the murders happened at a diner frequented by Cal Moore.
(c) One of the victims was Harry's mom.
(d) Porter was investigating the Cal Moore suicide.

4. What is the atmosphere like in the police station where Harry works?
(a) Happy.
(b) Jubilant.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Excited.

5. 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) He feels guilty that Kapps died.
(b) 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.
(c) It might make the department look bad.
(d) Pounds was involved in the murders and wants to cover himself.

6. Harry is asked to meet with his Lieutenant in his office. What is the nickname for his office?
(a) The loafing room.
(b) The hot box.
(c) The bread box.
(d) The glass box.

7. What does Harry think makes a case more difficult to solve?
(a) Multiple suspects.
(b) The passage of time.
(c) Unclear motive.
(d) Female victims.

8. Why is Teresa angry at Harry in Chapter 14?
(a) Because she wants to date him more seriously.
(b) Because she thinks he does not want her to become the ME.
(c) She thinks Harry is not doing a good job with the investigation.
(d) Because he shared the information she gave him about Cal Moore's autopsy with the press.

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

10. Pounds asks Harry to visit his office for a reason in Chapter 5. What is it?
(a) To promote him.
(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 find out more about the Moore case.

11. Why was Harry demoted from the elite Robbery Homicide Division?
(a) He shot an unarmed man by mistake.
(b) He was not able to solve enough cases.
(c) He did not get along with his superiors.
(d) He was accused of corruption.

12. Where in Mexicali are the flies dyed?
(a) At the Zorrillo's ranch.
(b) A company called "EnviroBreed."
(c) A company called MedFly.
(d) At the US Embassy.

13. What does Moore's wife hint might have been reason her husband committed suicide?
(a) A worry that he could no longer solve murder cases.
(b) The sense of abandonment he felt when his father left him to live in Calexico.
(c) Drug and alcohol addiction.
(d) The threat of suspension from his job.

14. 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?
(a) Powdered donuts.
(b) Baby powder.
(c) Heroin.
(d) Cocaine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Harry learns what "black ice" is from Cal Moore. What it?

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

3. It's Cal Moore who first tells Harry about Black Ice. What is Ice?

4. 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?

5. The young drug dealer's name is Kerwin. He does not share anything with Harry and Rickard, but Harry decides to let him free. Why?

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