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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Moore's wife hint might have been reason her husband committed suicide?
(a) The threat of suspension from his job.
(b) A worry that he could no longer solve murder cases.
(c) Drug and alcohol addiction.
(d) The sense of abandonment he felt when his father left him to live in Calexico.

2. What is the atmosphere like in the police station where Harry works?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Excited.
(c) Happy.
(d) Jubilant.

3. Why does Teresa conclude that Moore's death was not a homicide?
(a) Because police brass pressured her to say that the death was inconclusive.
(b) Because Teresa was in cahoots with his killer.
(c) Because Teresa was unsure what the autopsy results meant.
(d) Because Teresa was not very good at her job.

4. It's Cal Moore who first tells Harry about Black Ice. What is Ice?
(a) The name of a gang.
(b) A slippery substance that causes accidents on freeways.
(c) A drug.
(d) A rare and valuable flower.

5. Pounds asks Harry to visit his office for a reason in Chapter 5. What is it?
(a) To ask him for his resignation.
(b) To promote him.
(c) To get Harry to solve a murder by the end of New Year's Eve.
(d) To find out more about the Moore case.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Teresa feel compelled to say that the reason for Cal Moore's death was inconclusive?

2. When they meet up on stage in this novel the first time, what does Moore's wife accuse Harry of?

3. Harry finds Hollywood depressing. Why?

4. Why was Harry demoted from the elite Robbery Homicide Division?

5. Why is Harry upset in the first chapter?

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