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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 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) Talk to the local medical examiner.
(c) Go to the VA himself.
(d) Get permission from the next-of-kin.

2. According to Sharkey, what does the driver of the vehicle use to sweep inside the pipe?
(a) A branch.
(b) A cane.
(c) A broom.
(d) A towel.

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

4. What does Bosch tell Special Agent Wish when he meets with her for the first time?
(a) He knows who killed Meadows.
(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 thinks an FBI agent in her office is working a cover up.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sharkey climb into a Grand Am?

2. What is the street name of Edward Niese?

3. What does the FBI decide to do with Bosch's case?

4. What is the clue that Bosch finds when he searches the victim's apartment?

5. Once pressed for more details, what does Sharkey say he saw the driver of the vehicle do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the opening scene of the novel.

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

3. Describe the scene outside of the pawn shop when Bosch arrives there.

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

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

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

7. When Bosch guesses that there is more to Sharkey's story, what information does Sharkey provide about the crime?

8. Describe what occurs when Bosch and Wish drive to the Charlie Company.

9. What proof does Wish give to characterize Bosch as an "institutional man"?

10. Explain Lt. Pounds feelings toward Bosch.

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