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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Bosch offers to tread lightly if he cooperates, what does Scales give to Bosch?
(a) A statement as to the character of Meadows.
(b) Access to all of the veterans that work there.
(c) Meadows's file and a master flow chart.
(d) The phone number of a man Scales thinks killed Meadows.

2. After finishing the search at the crime scene, what does Bosch ask Edgar to do?
(a) Request Meadows's file from the VA.
(b) Accompany him to the morgue.
(c) Stay at the crime scene to ensure evidence isn't disturbed.
(d) Go home and get some rest.

3. After getting 343 hits in the moniker file, what does Bosch do in his data search?
(a) He excludes blacks and Latinos from the search.
(b) He includes blacks and Latinos in the search.
(c) He inclues Asians and Latinos in the search.
(d) He excludes Asians and Latinos in the search.

4. How does the FBI think that the thieves bypass the alarm in the bank?
(a) While underneath the bank, the thieves tapped the bank's electric and telephone lines.
(b) The thieves tap the bank's electric and telephone lines that are located on the side of the building.
(c) Someone working with them knows the code.
(d) They have someone who works in the bank leave the alarm off before she leaves for the day.

5. After they complete the examination of the crime scene, what does Bosch tell Edgar he will do if Edgar encounters resistance?
(a) Get a search warrant.
(b) Go to the VA himself.
(c) Get permission from the next-of-kin.
(d) Talk to the local medical examiner.

6. After Bosch listens to the 911 tape and prints a record on an indigent who sleeps in a pipe, who or what does he discover?
(a) The victim's brother.
(b) The murder weapon by the reservoir.
(c) The graffiti artist.
(d) 50 pages of documentation on a bank heist.

7. What is the street name of Edward Niese?
(a) Sharkey.
(b) Eagle.
(c) Theo.
(d) Vietnam.

8. Why does Wish say that Meadows moves up to the level of a suspect?
(a) Because of his criminal record and post-war work history.
(b) He just seemed suspicous to one of the agents.
(c) He left a trail of evidence.
(d) Because he robbed a bank in Vietnam.

9. What makes the graffiti artist hide in the bushes?
(a) He sees a large animal.
(b) A policeman spots his graffiti work.
(c) He hears a truck approaching along the access road.
(d) He thinks he is going to get caught drawing the graffiti.

10. After Wish and Bosch make up after the interrogation of Sharkey, why do they go to Ventura County?
(a) To check the Charlie Company outreach program.
(b) Because they need to follow up with the pawn shop owner.
(c) To question a new witness that has surfaced.
(d) Because they decide to go on a date together.

11. Where was Edward Niese found three months ago?
(a) Wandering outside of Meadows's apartment.
(b) Sleeping in the pipe where Meadows's body was found.
(c) Loitering outside of the pawn shop.
(d) In the pawn shop.

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

13. As agent Wish summarizes the FBI's guess as to the criminal activity, what two words best describes how Bosch characterizes Wish?
(a) Friendly and brilliant.
(b) Attractive and enigmatic.
(c) Unapproachable and intelligent.
(d) Unattractive and harsh.

14. Why can't Sharkey review the mug shots of the two ex-convicts?
(a) Sharkey is sick and in the hospital.
(b) Sharkey has been kidnapped.
(c) Sharkey is scared to talk to Bosch again.
(d) Sharkey and his crew have disappeared.

15. When Bosch confronts Wish about the files she has pulled, what does she tell him?
(a) That they have just found a crucial piece of evidence.
(b) That he is off the case at the FBI's request.
(c) A new witness in Meadows's murder has surfaced.
(d) The case has been partially solved, and they could not have done it without him.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Bosch and Wish return from Ventura County and go to the federal building, what does Wish do?

2. For whom does Detective Bosch work?

3. From where does Bosch know William Meadows, the person he has to check the computer for?

4. Before calling into the pipe, what does Sharkey wait for?

5. Where is the young graffiti artist working as the novel opens?

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