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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 20-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Harry meets with Cal Moore's former co-workers. They pass something on to him that Cal Moore wanted him to have. What is it?
(a) A watch.
(b) A case file.
(c) A suicide note.
(d) A check.

2. In Chapter 20, how is Calexico "like most border towns"?
(a) It's full of lots of different kinds of people.
(b) It's boring.
(c) It's congested.
(d) It's built low to the ground and full of stores and neon signs.

3. Teresa also finds fruit fly larvae in Juan Doe's stomach. What does she conclude about their presence?
(a) That Juan Doe was a fly breeder and likely had been living in Hawaii.
(b) That Juan Doe was a fly breeder and likely had been living in Mexico.
(c) That Juan Doe was a homeless person.
(d) That Juan Does was a part of a bug-eating cult.

4. The murdered man that Harry called "Juan Doe" is really named Fernal Guitierrez-Llosa. What does Harry learn that Guitierrez-Llosa did for a living?
(a) He was a drug mule.
(b) He was a day laborer.
(c) He worked for the Mexican government.
(d) He was a undercover police officer.

5. In Chapter 16, why does Harry think Lieutenant Pounds wants him to avoid connecting the death of Kapps and Guitierrez-Llosa with Cal Moore?
(a) It might make the department look bad.
(b) He feels guilty that Kapps died.
(c) If it turns out Moore's death is connected to the other two, the Robbery Homicide squad will take the case over. And that will prevent Pounds from counting the case in his end of year statistics.
(d) Pounds was involved in the murders and wants to cover himself.

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. In Chapter 21, what important proof does Harry find in Guitierrez-Llosa's shack to confirm his theory about the Juan Doe murder?

3. As Harry begins to review all of Porter's case, what does he decide to do?

4. How does Harry suspect that the man he is calling Juan Doe got from Mexicali to LA?

5. It's Cal Moore who first tells Harry about Black Ice. What is Ice?

(see the answer key)

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