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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When they meet up on stage in this novel the first time, what does Moore's wife accuse Harry of?
(a) Allowing TV reporters to tell her of her husband's death so Harry won't have to.
(b) Not caring enough about the murder.
(c) Quitting from her late husand's investigatory team.
(d) Taking bribes to avoid finding answers in the case.

2. Harry is asked to take over Lucius Porter's cases. Why is Porter not able to solve his own cases?
(a) He has cancer.
(b) He is leaving the police force because of a problem with alcohol.
(c) He committed suicide.
(d) He is unable to handle the emotional demands of the job.

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

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

5. During his conversation in Chapter 5 with Pounds, Harry takes his "full measure." What is it that he realizes?
(a) Pounds is a killer.
(b) Pounds is not a good cop.
(c) Pounds is a bureaucrat more than he is a cop.
(d) Pounds is very smart.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pounds asks Harry to solve a case by New Year's Day to improve the Department's statistics. Why does this offend Harry?

2. Harry was not asked to be a part of the case, but he went to the suicide crime scene anyway to see what was happening. Upon arrival, he's suspicious. Why?

3. What does Moore's wife hint might have been reason her husband committed suicide?

4. What attracts Harry Bosch's attention on the police scanner as the book opens?

5. After Moore dies, what task does Bosch agree to help with in his murder investigation?

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