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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What odd thing does Teresa find in the Juan Doe's ears?
(a) Residue from heroin.
(b) Brown dust from wheat.
(c) Insect eggs.
(d) Clay.

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

3. After talking to Kerwin, what does Harry decide to do in Chapter 16?
(a) Go to Mexico.
(b) Arrest Kerwin.
(c) Arrest Porter.
(d) Drop his pursuit of the case.

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

5. How does Harry suspect that the man he is calling Juan Doe got from Mexicali to LA?
(a) With the police.
(b) In a cardboard carton full of fruit flies.
(c) On a train.
(d) He crawled over the border.

6. 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) Pounds was involved in the murders and wants to cover himself.
(b) He feels guilty that Kapps died.
(c) It might make the department look bad.
(d) 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.

7. Where does Harry meet with Rickard?
(a) Police headquarters.
(b) A rave.
(c) A diner.
(d) A coffee shop.

8. Why does Harry think homicides more difficult to solve in Hollywood?
(a) Movie stars are more vicious.
(b) Drug dealers are very influential.
(c) There are more serial killers.
(d) Less of the victims know their killers before death.

9. Where does Moore reveal to Harry that he (Moore) is from?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Mexicali.
(c) Calexico.
(d) The East Coast.

10. Why do Harry and Rickard threaten to arrest a kid they meet on the street?
(a) He helped the drug dealer Cal Moore had arrested before his death.
(b) He killed Juan Doe.
(c) He killed Cal Moore.
(d) They suspect him of dealing drugs.

11. 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.

12. What do Bosch and Rickard decide to do with the young drug dealer after he is arrested?
(a) Hold him for a long period of time to make it more likely he'll be willing to talk.
(b) Interrogate him.
(c) Charge him with drug possession.
(d) Let him go.

13. Assistant Chief Irving laments the fact that not enough officers bother to do what?
(a) Take fingerprints.
(b) Learn Spanish.
(c) Investigate crimes.
(d) Run after criminals.

14. What is the clientele like at Poe's, the bar where Harry finally finds Porter?
(a) Drug dealers and sex workers.
(b) Executives, cops, writers, and priests.
(c) Trash collectors, dock workers, and newspaper delivery people.
(d) Hipsters and yuppies.

15. Why was Harry demoted from the elite Robbery Homicide Division?
(a) He shot an unarmed man by mistake.
(b) He was accused of corruption.
(c) He did not get along with his superiors.
(d) He was not able to solve enough cases.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harry harms Porter in the course of their conversation. What does he do?

2. Where does Harry find Porter?

3. Where does Harry look when he returns to his search for Porter in Chapter 12?

4. What does Harry do for Kerwin in Chapter 15?

5. What does Harry find himself surprised to be thinking about as he makes love to Teresa?

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