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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 cover their hole with plywood coated with concrete.
(c) They have a guy working for them within the DWP.
(d) The DWP inspectors never go to the area in which they are working, so they don't need to worry about it.

2. How many ex-convicts serve in Vietnam while Meadows is there?
(a) 15.
(b) 250.
(c) 500.
(d) 100.

3. 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.

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

5. What does agent Wish say is significant about the pipes in the city?
(a) The underground pipes allow anyone to get near any building in the city.
(b) The pipes have security cameras in them.
(c) The pipes are leaking badly and no one can get through them.
(d) The underground pipe system is extensive but no criminal is sophisticated enough to figure out how to get around in them.

6. 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 someone tipped him off there there was a body in the pipe.
(b) 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.
(c) He says he found a dead guy and called 911.
(d) He says that he saw someone shove a dead body in the pipe.

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

8. What color does Sharkey say the vehicle was?
(a) Dark blue.
(b) Dirty white or beige.
(c) Forest green.
(d) Black.

9. For what is Edward Niese known?
(a) A tattoo artist.
(b) A gang member.
(c) A graffiti artist.
(d) A Vietnam War veteran.

10. What data does Bosch check after he speaks with the Internal Affairs Department on Day 2?
(a) Numbers on jewelry stolen in the past year.
(b) The number of cases that have been solved with FBI assistance.
(c) Data on gang members and juvenille offenders.
(d) Data on Vietnam veterans who live in the area.

11. Bosch threatens Wish with what at the end of their confrontation?
(a) If she does not put him back on the case, he is going to have the Times run a story saying that the FBI let a suspect be killed under their watch.
(b) He is not going to hand his evidence over to her if she does not have him put back on the case.
(c) He is going to approach her boss and file a claim against her.
(d) He is going to break into the evidence room and try to solve the case himself.

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

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

14. What does Bosch omit from the Investigating Officer's Chronological Report?
(a) The fact that Meadows had a tattoo.
(b) The connection between Meadows and the Westland caper.
(c) The fact that the landlady from Meadows's apartment saw a jeep drop Meadows off.
(d) The fact that Bosch was in Vietnam with Meadows.

15. What does the pawn shop owner show Bosch?
(a) A photo of the Vietnam War-era gun.
(b) A Polaroid of the bracelet.
(c) A digital photo of the bracelet.
(d) A Polaroid of the ring.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Bosch shows agent Wish that the FBI picture of the bracelet matches the pawn shop owner's picture, what does he tell her?

2. What is the name of Bosch's supervisor?

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

4. What does Bosch tell Wish about the ticket he found in Meadows's apartment?

5. When Sharkey is done providing information, what does Bosch say he wants to do with Sharkey?

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