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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. Why does Bosch think Niese was killed?

2. When Bosch wakes up in the hospital, what happens?

3. Where do Bosch and Wish meet so that Bosch can exchange the damaged car?

4. What does Wish believe about the person who killed Niese?

5. An hour after their conversation with Avery, where are Bosch and Wish?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the documents that Bosch discovers in the FBI jacket.

2. Where are Bosch and Wish after they visit BHS&L and what occurs there?

3. What occurs during the conversation between Bosch and Irving which Bosch is in the hospital?

4. Explain what Rourke says to Bosch about why Meadows died.

5. After they receive the information about Binh, about what with regard to Meadows's and Binh's involvement do they postulate?

6. What is Wish's reaction to what she realizes Bosch has done once they get in the car after questioning Binh?

7. When Rourke hears Bosch explain that he thinks someone on the inside is involved in Sharkey's death, how does Rourke respond?

8. Bosch and Wish know that they cannot explain everything that has occurred over the last 15 years, but what do they know they have to do?

9. Summarize the scene when Bosch pulls Lewis and Clarke out of their car.

10. As Bosch remembers that Meadows's lease on his apartment is over soon, what two things does Bosch realize?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Often in The Black Echo, the author uses flashback to provide reader with information that helps to explain the plot. Write an essay that chooses one use of flashback that you found helpful in revealing the plot, and then choose another use of flashback that was confusing to you as you read the story. Do you think that the author intended for the flashbacks to occasionally confuse the reader?

Essay Topic 2

In this essay, focus on agent Wish. Your essay should analyze her character and explain your feelings about her posing as an ethical FBI agent, when in fact, she was behind some of the crimes. Did you figure this fact out early in your reading, or was it not until the novel revealed it that you understood her motive? Did you understand her motive? Were her intentions good in wanting to make the men pay for what they did?

Essay Topic 3

There are several points in the novel that could be considered the climax. At which point do you think is the climax? Use examples to support your conclusion.

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