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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why didn't the other patrons leave the bar when Porter and Harry started to fight?
(a) The other patrons felt like they were above the law.
(b) Harry had blocked all of the exits.
(c) They were all police.
(d) If they left, there would be no place left to go and that scares them.

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

3. Harry learns what "black ice" is from Cal Moore. What it?
(a) A drug made of PCP, heroin, and cocaine.
(b) A slippery substance used by criminals in car chases.
(c) A special ice used by coroners made into a drug.
(d) The name of a drink at Moore's favorite bar.

4. Harry cannot sleep because of the developing case. How does this make him feel?
(a) Invigorated.
(b) Mad.
(c) Angry.
(d) Sad.

5. 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?
(a) Harry isn't sure what's wrong but he does not buy the evidence or the crime scene.
(b) The suicide note was faked.
(c) He suspects the Assistant Chief committed the crime.
(d) The victim is wearing boots that don't belong to him.

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

7. The victim of the crime Harry is investigating is a former colleague of his. His life began to disintegrate when:
(a) He began to sell drugs.
(b) He robbed a bank.
(c) He divorced his wife.
(d) Internal Affairs began to investigate.

8. Why is Harry angry at Porter when he sees him in Chapter 12?
(a) Harry learns that Porter has a mistress and has been stealing to help support her.
(b) Harry finds out that Porter has not been able to close any of the cases he has ever been assigned.
(c) Harry realizes that Porter left the force because of his case and has been holding back information from Harry.
(d) Harry realizes that Porter has been receiving payoffs from the owners of bottle clubs.

9. Kerwin finally tells Harry what he wants to know about Dance, the drug dealer. What is it?
(a) That he probably went to Mexico shortly after Cal Moore died.
(b) That he was a cop too.
(c) That he is the mastermind behind the drug dealing gang.
(d) That Dance is a federal agent.

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

11. Who does Bosch get a call from as he is looking for Porter?
(a) One of the narcotics officers who worked with Cal Moore.
(b) His ex-wife.
(c) His daughter.
(d) His lieutenant.

12. Harry notified Moore's wife--Sylvia--of the death. She calls later to thank him. What does Harry conclude at the end of that call?
(a) That there is a connection between him and Sylvia.
(b) That Sylvia was the most likely person to have killed Moore.
(c) That Sylvia caused Moore to committ suicide.
(d) That Sylvia does not like Harry.

13. Harry harms Porter in the course of their conversation. What does he do?
(a) He breaks Porter's wrist.
(b) He burns Porter's hand.
(c) He breaks Porter's nose.
(d) He breaks Porter's toe.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Harry think makes a case more difficult to solve?

2. Why is Teresa angry at Harry in Chapter 14?

3. Where does Porter live?

4. What ethical concern does Harry have in reading the file Moore left for him?

5. Why would Assistant Chief Irving want to cover up the possible murder of Moore?

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