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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. After Bosch leaves the hospital, where does he go?

2. What do Lewis and Clarke do as Bosch travels up the highway?

3. When Bosch and Wish leave Binh's questioning, what does Bosch turn on?

4. What is the warning that Bosch receives after he wakes up?

5. What does Bosch do before he drives away from where he watches Villabona do the name search?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. As Bosch observes Lewis and Clarke following him after he leaves the INS office, what does he discover?

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

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

5. What is the reason that Wish gives Bosch for disagreeing that someone on the inside is involved?

6. Describe the conditions of several of the main characters as the scene in the hospital opens.

7. How does Rourke respond after the car is pulled over?

8. What is the plan that Rourke unveils as they have the meeting around Wish and Bosch's car?

9. As Bosch crouches near Sharkey's body, what are some of the thoughts going through his head?

10. After Wish checks in with Rourke after Rourke has unveiled his plan, what does Wish report to Bosch?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Black Echo includes lots of details about things like electrical surveillance equipment and alarm systems. Write an essay that explains just how effective these details were to the plot. Could the author have left them out? If you thought that the details added to the plot, what made you think that they were necessary?

Essay Topic 2

The Black Echo repeatedly uses tension between many different characters to reveal plot and motive for the crimes described. Write an essay that explains why the author would have chosen to use tension in this way. How does the tension add to the crisis points in the novel? In what ways does the author occasionally relieve the tension between the characters?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that describes the setting of the novel. Why do you think that the author chose Southern California as the place for the novel to unfold? With regard to the time in which the novel takes place, is there a historical reason for the novel being placed there?

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