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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. Why is Teresa angry at Harry in Chapter 14?

2. Where does Harry look when he returns to his search for Porter in Chapter 12?

3. What does Harry realize about Rickard as they process the arrest of the young drug dealer?

4. During his conversation in Chapter 5 with Pounds, Harry takes his "full measure." What is it that he realizes?

5. What favor does Cal Moore ask Porter for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the work environment in Harry's police station.

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

5. What is the BANG squad?

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

7. What does the teenager finally tell Harry about Dance and what does it make Harry decide?

8. What is black ice?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The protagonist and author of this book are male, and there are many men and women readers both who are fans of this genre. Write an essay that 1) identifies and defines the masculine images in this book, 2) critiques them by determining how they are structured by the novelist, and 3) determines the extent to which this image affects the commercial success or critical reception of this book.

Essay Topic 2

How does Harry Bosch solve this mystery? Write an essay that describes the key clues to this mystery and how Harry puts them all together. Please offer at least one example from the beginning or middle of the book, although it is appropriate to focus on the last parts of the book.

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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