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

2. How old is Edward Niese?
(a) 27.
(b) 25.
(c) 17.
(d) 55.

3. When detective Bosch arrives at the crime scene, what does he have to do to confirm the death?
(a) Walks along the dam to search for clues.
(b) Crawls inside the pipe to see the body.
(c) Searches for evidence near the reservoir.
(d) Looks through the bushes for evidence.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the FBI think the thieves get into the vault?

2. What is the reason Sharkey gives for sleeping in the pipe sometimes?

3. What data does Bosch check after he speaks with the Internal Affairs Department on Day 2?

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

5. What are the names of the two ex-convicts that stand out to Bosch when he reviews service biographies?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what the FBI thinks the thieves did once inside the vault.

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

3. What does Sharkey tell Bosch and Wish when they first question him on the third day of the investigation?

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

5. Explain Lt. Pounds feelings toward Bosch.

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

7. Describe how detective Bosch identifies the body he finds at the crime scene.

8. What are the instructions that detective Bosch gives to his partner after they examine the crime scene? What does Bosch intend to do after he leaves the crime scene?

9. Describe the Los Angeles Police Department's (LAPD) relationship with the Times and then explain why Bosch goes to Bremmer and the deal that they make.

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

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