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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 favor does Cal Moore ask Porter for?
2. What does Harry say to Porter when he finds him?
3. Why does Teresa conclude that Moore's death was not a homicide?
4. The murdered man that Harry called "Juan Doe" is really named Fernal Guitierrez-Llosa. What does Harry learn that Guitierrez-Llosa did for a living?
5. Why does Harry visit the the Medfly Eradication Project Center in Chapter 14?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the previous interactions between Cal Moore and Harry Bosch and the extent to which they knew each other before Moore's suicide.
2. Why does Harry's possible identification of the Juan Doe in Chapter 13 confirm that the three cases might be related?
3. What is the evidence that Teresa uncovered having to do with brain tissue and what does it mean?
4. Why does Bosch act so upset in the first chapter?
5. Give at least two reasons that foreshadow the fact that Harry will go to Mexico.
6. According to Harry, why are homicides in Hollywood more difficult to solve than elsewhere?
7. What does Harry learn in Chapter 12 about why Porter did not come clean with what he knew about Juan Doe?
8. Describe the work environment in Harry's police station.
9. What is the BANG squad?
10. What is Rickard doing when he calls Harry in Chapter 11?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Using specific textual evidence and a strong line of argumentation, write an argumentative essay about Connelly's depiction of man/woman relationships, particularly those in which Bosch is present. Your essay must include a thesis, that is, an idea or postulation and then a line of argument that explains and develops it. Issues to consider are: the characterizations of the people in question, these relationships as sources of plot tension, and any other reasons why you postulate how to read Connelly's description of these relationships.
Essay Topic 2
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 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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