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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) Access to all of the veterans that work there.
(b) The phone number of a man Scales thinks killed Meadows.
(c) Meadows's file and a master flow chart.
(d) A statement as to the character of Meadows.

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

3. 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 knows the victim's family.
(c) Bosch wants information on a suspect, and he believes Bremmer has that information.
(d) Bremmer can provide evidence that surfaced while Bosch was away.

4. Where was Bosch when he was away on his "extended vacation"?
(a) With his children in DisneyWorld.
(b) In a cottage on the coast of Oregon because he needed some rest.
(c) In Mexico, serving a suspension for the Dollmaker case.
(d) At his parents' house, in Maine.

5. What is Irvin Irving's title?
(a) Special Victims's Unit Agent.
(b) Detective in the Homicide Unit.
(c) Deputy Chief in charge of the Internal Affairs Division.
(d) Chief Medical Examiner.

6. What is the reason Sharkey gives for sleeping in the pipe sometimes?
(a) When he gets kicked out of his uncle's house.
(b) When the crew's room is too crowded, and he is out of money.
(c) He meets his girlfriend there.
(d) He mom sometimes kicks him out of the house.

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

8. As Bosch is talking with Wish, what reason does he give her for the fact that his victim was killed?
(a) Meadows gave a valuable piece of information to the police.
(b) The victim was probably killed for "breaking the rules."
(c) An FBI agent killed Meadows because he was on the verge of revealing the FBI agent's cover-up.
(d) Revenge for Meadows's killing someone else involved in the heist.

9. Once in the Grand Am, what does Sharkey plan?
(a) To get to the hospital as quickly as he can.
(b) A hit and run.
(c) To go straight to Bosch.
(d) To kill his kidnappers.

10. What piece of information does Bosch leave out when he is talking with agent Wish about the evidence?
(a) He and Meadows were acquainted.
(b) He believes the bracelet taken from the pawn shop is related to the murder.
(c) He had to take a leave of absence.
(d) He has spoken with a journalist at the Times.

11. Why does Sharkey climb into a Grand Am?
(a) He is forced to climb in at gun point.
(b) It is his mother's car.
(c) It is the only way he can get to a hospital quickly.
(d) Because the driver is wearing a Rolex, and Sharkey thinks he will get $3000 for it.

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

13. Why do the two ex-convicts stand out to Bosch?
(a) They fit Sharkey's description of a big man and a small one.
(b) They were related to Meadows.
(c) They had been seen with Meadows in Vietnam.
(d) They had the worst criminal records.

14. 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) 50 pages of documentation on a bank heist.
(c) The murder weapon by the reservoir.
(d) The graffiti artist.

15. How does the FBI think the criminals are hiding their activities from the DWP inspectors?
(a) They cover the hole with a large piece of metal sheeting.
(b) They have a guy working for them within the DWP.
(c) The DWP inspectors never go to the area in which they are working, so they don't need to worry about it.
(d) They cover their hole with plywood coated with concrete.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color does Sharkey say the vehicle was?

2. As Wish and Bosch first interrogate Sharkey about the night in question, what does Sharkey say occurred when he went to the pipe?

3. What is the name of the pawn shop owner?

4. After Bosch reviews the newspaper articles and returns to the police station, who or what does he notice?

5. What does agent Wish say about the pipes in the city?

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