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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When Bosch and Wish tell Colonel Gordon Scales about the murder of Meadows, what is Scales's response?
2. When Bosch and Wish return from Ventura County and go the federal building, what does Bosch do?
3. After they complete the examination of the crime scene, what does Bosch tell Edgar he will do if Edgar encounters resistance?
4. What does agent Wish say is significant about the pipes in the city?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the scene outside of the pawn shop when Bosch arrives there.
2. Describe the relationship between Bosch and Wish in Part 4 of the novel.
3. At the end of the third day, what is the information that Wish and Bosch glean about Meadows?
4. 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?
5. What information does Bosch find out about the witness?
6. Describe what occurs when Bosch and Wish drive to the Charlie Company.
7. Describe the opening scene of the novel.
8. What proof does Wish give to characterize Bosch as an "institutional man"?
9. 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?
10. What does Sharkey tell Bosch and Wish when they first question him on the third day of the investigation?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
By the end of the novel, the reader can see that there are very few characters who are considered protagonists. Most of the characters in the novel are antagonists. Write an essay that compares the protagonist with the antagonist. Include your opinion on whether or not you wish the author would have given Bosch some more help with additional protagonists?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that summarizes the plot of the novel. Be sure to include the setting, exposition, conflict, crisis, climax, denouement, and falling action that were included in the novel.
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."
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