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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) A worry that he could no longer solve murder cases.
(b) The sense of abandonment he felt when his father left him to live in Calexico.
(c) The threat of suspension from his job.
(d) Drug and alcohol addiction.

2. What holiday is going on as Harry starts his case?
(a) Christmas.
(b) New Year's Eve.
(c) Halloween.
(d) Thanksgiving.

3. What does Harry do to get the information he wants from Teresa about Cal Moore?
(a) He reveals information about his case to her.
(b) He threatens to reveal the details of their affair.
(c) He promises to help her get appointed Chief Medical Examiner.
(d) He bribes her with a dessert.

4. 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 find out more about the Moore case.
(d) To get Harry to solve a murder by the end of New Year's Eve.

5. Upon viewing the body of Cal Moore, Harry makes an initial judgment about how he was killed. What is it that he thinks happened?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Murder.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) Gas leak.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Harry think homicides more difficult to solve in Hollywood?

2. Harry's meeting with Teresa Corazon is intended to give him more information about the Juan Doe who was found dead in the alley behind the diner. What does Harry find out?

3. Teresa also finds fruit fly larvae in Juan Doe's stomach. What does she conclude about their presence?

4. Harry goes to Police HQ to talk to a crime scene tech. What does this tech say that makes Harry doubt the idea that Cal Moore committed suicide in his motel room?

5. How well does Harry know Cal Moore, the murder victim?

(see the answer key)

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