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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Bosch sometimes think solving homicide cases are all that matter?
(a) Because Harry is concerned about receiving his pension upon retirement.
(b) Because drug arrests only result in new dealers replacing those who have been incarcerated.
(c) Because Harry believes in the sanctity of life.
(d) Because the politics involved in other departments are too intense.

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

3. What does Harry think makes a case more difficult to solve?
(a) Unclear motive.
(b) The passage of time.
(c) Female victims.
(d) Multiple suspects.

4. Harry Bosch enters the crime scene with a handkerchief over his mouth. Why?
(a) He's sad about his colleague's death.
(b) The odor of the body overpowers him.
(c) He doesn't want anyone to see the expression on his face.
(d) His allergies have flared due to the fire.

5. As Harry begins to review all of Porter's case, what does he decide to do?
(a) Take a dinner break and come back to the cases later.
(b) Quit his job.
(c) Get Porter to come back to work and solve his own cases.
(d) Separate out the cases he thinks he can solve quickly from those that will take time.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, Harry thinks that Cal Moore answered a question that many people have. What is it?

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

3. What cases does Harry decide to focus on first?

4. Upon viewing the body of Cal Moore, Harry makes an initial judgment about how he was killed. What is it that he thinks happened?

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

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