Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many ex-convicts serve in Vietnam while Meadows is there?
2. Before calling into the pipe, what does Sharkey wait for?
3. 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?
4. Where is the young graffiti artist working as the novel opens?
5. After Bosch reviews the newspaper articles and returns to the police station, who or what does he notice?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Describe the relationship between Bosch and Wish in Part 4 of the novel.
3. Describe what occurs when Bosch and Wish drive to the Charlie Company.
4. Explain Lt. Pounds feelings toward Bosch.
5. Describe how Bosch handles the paperwork aspect of his job, as described in the scene were he returns to the office after being at the crime scene.
6. At the end of the third day, what is the information that Wish and Bosch glean about Meadows?
7. Explain the details Bosch discovers surrounding the disappearance of the stolen bracelet and explain where Bosch was when the bracelet disappears.
8. Describe the opening scene of the novel.
9. Compare what the FBI and the IAD do with regard to Bosch in this section of the novel.
10. What information does Bosch find out about the witness?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The Black Echo is considered a mystery, or detective novel. Write an essay that explains what characterizes this novel as a mystery. Include a discussion of suspense, evidence, and suspects to support your analysis.
Essay Topic 2
Explain in an essay why you liked or disliked The Black Echo. What is suspenseful? Did it keep you on the edge of your seat? Did you have a hard time putting it down? Did you find it boring? Use specific examples to support your reasoning. Would you recommend this novel to your friends?
Essay Topic 3
Bosch, the protagonist, is characterized by Wish as an "institutional man." Irving does not like Bosch because he has difficulty becoming part of the LAPD "family." Write an essay that describes Bosch's background and what in that background would make him have difficulty fitting in to the LAPD "family."
|
This section contains 964 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
