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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Once the body is examined, what two things are noticeably missing?
(a) Wallet and jacket.
(b) Scratches on the body and a jacket.
(c) Scratches on the body and items in the victim's pockets.
(d) Clothing and shoes.

2. Where is the young graffiti artist working as the novel opens?
(a) Under a bridge.
(b) In a forest.
(c) Near a reservoir.
(d) In a garage.

3. As Wish and Bosch first interrogate Sharkey about the night in question, what does Sharkey say occurred when he went to the pipe?
(a) He says that he saw someone shove a dead body in the pipe.
(b) He says that someone tipped him off there there was a body in the pipe.
(c) He says he found a dead guy and called 911.
(d) He says that he could smell the odor of a corpse and knew just by the smell that there was a body in the pipe.

4. After Bosch is done examining the crime scene, where does he go?
(a) Meadows's apartment.
(b) The police station.
(c) The morgue.
(d) Home.

5. Why does Bosch contact Bremmer of the Times?
(a) Bosch wants clips of stories that ran in the paper while he was away.
(b) Bremmer can provide evidence that surfaced while Bosch was away.
(c) Bremmer knows the victim's family.
(d) Bosch wants information on a suspect, and he believes Bremmer has that information.

6. What is the news that Bosch breaks to the pawn shop owner?
(a) A ring has been stolen from his store.
(b) A bracelet has been stolen from his store.
(c) Guns from his store have been found in Meadows's apartment.
(d) A gun from the Vietnam War was stolen from his store.

7. What is the name of bank heist, the subject about which Bosch reads news stories?
(a) 6th and Hill bank heist.
(b) Cash and Carry caper.
(c) WestLand caper.
(d) Williams's heist.

8. What is the time and day of the week that the FBI thinks the thieves end the heist?
(a) 3 AM on Tuesday.
(b) Midnight on Saturday.
(c) 3 AM on Monday.
(d) 8 AM on Monday.

9. What are the names of the two ex-convicts that stand out to Bosch when he reviews service biographies?
(a) Irvin Irving and Egar Will.
(b) John Meadows and Irvin Irving.
(c) Art Franklin and Gene Delgado.
(d) Jim Sharkey and Gene Delgado.

10. As Wish summarizes the crime, what does she say the FBI suspects the criminals are doing with regard to the underground pipe system?
(a) Sending cameras through them.
(b) Sending explosives through them.
(c) Riding through them, cutting holes in them, and digging 10-20 feet each night.
(d) Walking through them all the way up to the FBI office.

11. How old does Sharkey say that he is?
(a) 28.
(b) 30.
(c) 21.
(d) 18.

12. When Sharkey is done providing information, what does Bosch say he wants to do with Sharkey?
(a) Detain him.
(b) Hospitalize him.
(c) Arrest him.
(d) Hypnotize him.

13. What news about a dead body awakens detective Bosch a few hours after the graffiti artist hides?
(a) One has been found at Mulholland Dam.
(b) One has been left near the hospital.
(c) One has has been found behind the police station.
(d) Skeletal remains have been found near a river.

14. What does the FBI decide to do with Bosch's case?
(a) Close it.
(b) Take it over and fold it into the bank heist case.
(c) Agree to work with Bosch's department to solve it as quickly as possible.
(d) Let Bosch and Edgar handle it by themselves.

15. What does Bosch tell the Internal Affairs Department when he returns to the police station on Day 2?
(a) He confesses that he knew Meadows while in Vietnam.
(b) He tells his superior that agent Wish is covering up evidence.
(c) He says that the FBI verified his Mexico alibi.
(d) He volunteers to take himself off of the case.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Irvin Irving's title?

2. When Bosch offers to tread lightly if he cooperates, what does Scales give to Bosch?

3. Once in the Grand Am, what does Sharkey plan?

4. How does the FBI think the thieves get into the vault?

5. What is the street name of Edward Niese?

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