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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Once the interrogation is completely over, where does Sharkey go?
(a) Home Street Home.
(b) His mom's house.
(c) Holding cell.
(d) Bosch's house.

2. 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.

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

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

5. From where does Bosch know William Meadows, the person he has to check the computer for?
(a) The Police Department.
(b) Saigon.
(c) Bejing.
(d) Boston.

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

7. What does Sakai assume to be the cause of death?
(a) Hot load.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) Knife wound.
(d) Stroke.

8. What does Bosch tell Wish about the ticket he found in Meadows's apartment?
(a) The ticket was from long ago and is irrelevant to the case.
(b) He believes that Meadows knew he would die and left it there as a clue.
(c) He thinks it was planted in the apartment by the people who killed him.
(d) It is a fake ticket, made to look like the pawn shop's tickets.

9. What percentage of losses are reported on the looted boxes?
(a) 10%.
(b) 80%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 90%.

10. 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) A new witness in Meadows's murder has surfaced.
(c) The case has been partially solved, and they could not have done it without him.
(d) That he is off the case at the FBI's request.

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

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

13. After Bosch completes the data check, where does he go?
(a) To Meadows's apartment.
(b) Back to the pawn shop.
(c) To the reservoir where Meadows's body was found.
(d) Back to the empty police station.

14. After Bosch's confrontation with Wish, what happens when he returns to the police station?
(a) He finds a folder full of evidence on the bank heist sitting on his desk.
(b) Bosch is told that he is off of the case, but that Edgar will remain on it.
(c) Bosch is told that he will be allowed to remain on the case, but that Edgar has been taken off of it.
(d) Bosch is told that he and Edgar are off of the case.

15. What does Bosch tell Special Agent Wish when he meets with her for the first time?
(a) He thinks an FBI agent in her office is working a cover up.
(b) He thinks the pawn shop owner was involved in Meadows's murder.
(c) He thinks that the homicide he is working on is related to her Westland caper case.
(d) He knows who killed Meadows.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Bosch and Wish tell Colonel Gordon Scales about the murder of Meadows, what is Scales's response?

2. What does Bosch tell the Internal Affairs Department when he returns to the police station on Day 2?

3. How does the FBI think that the thieves bypass the alarm in the bank?

4. What does Bosch omit from the Investigating Officer's Chronological Report?

5. What is the street name of Edward Niese?

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