View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 27, what does Harry bring with him to the bullfight?

2. Why does Harry look away from his own image in the mirror after he shoots Moore?

3. Why is Harry nervous about what Cal Moore confesses to him?

4. What are DEA agents planning to do to Zorrillo's ranch?

5. Harry meets the local police Chief and an investigator. What are Harry's impressions of them?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 21, Harry insists on taking the Caprice. Why is he so intent on driving that car?

2. What does Harry tell the man at the historical society and what is Harry really doing there?

3. Whom does Harry Bosch identify in the old photographs and how?

4. How did Aguila decide to report the missing person who ended up Juan Doe, when Mexico does not even have a missing persons bureau?

5. As Harry is driving back into L.A., he sees a hill scorched by fire. Despite the destruction, why is he not worried?

6. What does the EnviroBreed building look like?

7. What did the bullfighter, Silvestri, look like when he entered the arena?

8. What is the clue at the beginning of Chapter 31 that Harry almost missed, and who finds it instead?

9. What does Calexico look like, according to the narrator?

10. What was the terrible thing that Cecil did to Moore as a boy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Narration and dialogue are the two ways Michael Connelly tells this story. Write and essay in which you:

1) Describe the narrative style of this book,

2) Describe Connolly's approach to dialogue, and

3) Pick whether you think more information in this book is conveyed to the reader in the narration or in the dialogue.

Note that there is no correct answer to 3: it is necessary to pick a side and offer persuasive textual argumentation.

Essay Topic 3

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.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 903 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample