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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 murder weapon by the reservoir.
(b) 50 pages of documentation on a bank heist.
(c) The victim's brother.
(d) The graffiti artist.

3. What kind of vehicle does Sharkey say he saw?
(a) A pickup truck.
(b) A Chevrolet station wagon.
(c) A Jeep.
(d) A small, compact car.

4. For whom does Detective Bosch work?
(a) Los Angeles Police Department.
(b) Chicago Police Department.
(c) Boston Police Department.
(d) New York Police Department.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Wish sorry about during her confrontation with Bosch?

2. What is Irvin Irving's title?

3. After Bosch is done examining the crime scene, where does he go?

4. Once the body is examined, what two things are noticeably missing?

5. After getting 343 hits in the moniker file, what does Bosch do in his data search?

Short Essay Questions

1. Even though Bosch threatens to go to the newspaper if he is taken off of the case, he thinks that his suspension is imminent. Because of this belief, what does he do quickly with regard to the case?

2. Explain how the FBI believes the thieves are tunnel rats from the Vietnam War.

3. On the third day of the investigation, what is the summary of the crime that Wish provides?

4. After offering to hypnotize Sharkey, what does Bosch do for him?

5. Explain the details Bosch discovers surrounding the disappearance of the stolen bracelet and explain where Bosch was when the bracelet disappears.

6. Explain Lt. Pounds feelings toward Bosch.

7. When Bosch meets with FBI agent Wish for the first time, what is the evidence that he presents to her and what evidence does he omit?

8. Compare what the FBI and the IAD do with regard to Bosch in this section of the novel.

9. When Bosch and Wish cannot locate Sharkey, where do they go and what do they discuss?

10. Explain the information Irv Irving finds on Bosch when he reviews Bosch's file and what his reaction to Bosch is.

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