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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Harry find Porter?
(a) Downtown bar.
(b) The squad room.
(c) The movie studios.
(d) His house.

2. 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 check.
(b) A suicide note.
(c) A case file.
(d) A watch.

3. What cases does Harry decide to focus on first?
(a) The ones where children were harmed.
(b) The most recent.
(c) The ones with multiple victims.
(d) The ones involving important people, like the murdered priest.

4. 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 is unable to handle the emotional demands of the job.
(d) He committed suicide.

5. 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?
(a) The gun did not belong to Moore.
(b) The fingerprints on the gun did not match Moore's.
(c) Moore's dental records did not match the corpse's.
(d) There were no other fingerprints in the motel room than Moore's.

6. What does Harry do to surprise Teresa at his house?
(a) He talks about his mother's death.
(b) He reveals his love for his cat.
(c) He cooks dinner.
(d) He asks Teresa to marry him.

7. Harry spoke with Cal Moore before his death about a case. What does he discover after Moore's death from his colleagues?
(a) That Cal had planned to quit the police force.
(b) That Cal had planted evidence.
(c) That Cal had not told Harry everything he knew.
(d) That Cal wanted to leave his wife.

8. Why do Teresa and Harry decide to eat at a restaurant different than the one they chose originally?
(a) They are worried that Cal Moore's killer is following them.
(b) They cannot find parking.
(c) They got into a fight about what kind of food to have.
(d) There are too many members of the media at the bar they chose.

9. What ethical concern does Harry have in reading the file Moore left for him?
(a) Attorney-client privilege might be jeopardized.
(b) Moore's notes were meant to be confidential.
(c) He realizes that the Robbery-Homicide division should see it too.
(d) Harry is concerned about witness safety.

10. Why would Assistant Chief Irving want to cover up the possible murder of Moore?
(a) If Moore was involved in any corrupt activities that led to his death, it could bring shame upon the police department.
(b) An high unsolved murder rate would be bad for the department's statistics.
(c) If Moore's death was ruled a suicide, his wife might not be allowed to collect his life insurance benefits.
(d) If Moore's death was ruled a murder, Irving could be implicated.

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

12. What favor does Cal Moore ask Porter for?
(a) To transport drugs to Mexico.
(b) To pick up his wife from the airport.
(c) To fix a parking ticket.
(d) To delay identifying the body of the Juan Doe who was found in the alley.

13. Harry's Lieutenant is called "Pounds." While speaking to Harry, he chokes on an aspirin. Why?
(a) The pills went down the "wrong pipe."
(b) Harry said something shocking to him
(c) He did not use water to swallow his pills.
(d) He was surprised by the new evidence Harry presented to him.

14. What do Harry and Richard learn from the kid they meet on the street?
(a) The name of a major drug dealer.
(b) Nothing, he refuses to share any information and is arrested instead.
(c) The name of a club where drugs are dealt.
(d) The location of Cal Moore's body.

15. In Chapter 11, why does Harry decide he needs to talk to Porter next?
(a) Porter called Harry and told him he knew what was up.
(b) Harry has a hunch.
(c) His pullout from the department is too coincidental.
(d) His retirement indicated that he was corrupt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Harry realize that he has lost after attempting to interrogate Kerwin in Chapter 15?

2. Assistant Chief Irving laments the fact that not enough officers bother to do what?

3. Why didn't the other patrons leave the bar when Porter and Harry started to fight?

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

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

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