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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 realizes that Porter has been receiving payoffs from the owners of bottle clubs.
(c) Harry realizes that Porter left the force because of his case and has been holding back information from Harry.
(d) Harry finds out that Porter has not been able to close any of the cases he has ever been assigned.

2. Why does Harry visit the the Medfly Eradication Project Center in Chapter 14?
(a) He is concerned about a public health epedmic.
(b) To see if anyone there knew Cal Moore.
(c) To find out if it's possible that the dead man in the alley came from Mexicali.
(d) He is worried that Porter paid off a worker there.

3. Harry finds Hollywood depressing. Why?
(a) He does not like prostitutes.
(b) He grew up there.
(c) He has worked there a long time.
(d) His colleague was found dead there.

4. Harry is asked to meet with his Lieutenant in his office. What is the nickname for his office?
(a) The glass box.
(b) The loafing room.
(c) The bread box.
(d) The hot box.

5. Pounds asks Harry to solve a case by New Year's Day to improve the Department's statistics. Why does this offend Harry?
(a) Harry is convinced that Pounds is not a good boss.
(b) He thinks Pounds is more concerned with numbers than people.
(c) Harry does not think murder investigations should be solved hastily.
(d) Harry thinks Pounds has a hidden agenda.

6. 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.

7. 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) Trash collectors, dock workers, and newspaper delivery people.
(d) Drug dealers and sex workers.

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

9. Why is Harry more worried about spending New Year's Eve alone than Christmas?
(a) Because New Year's Eve is more fun.
(b) Because it is a night for jazz.
(c) Because he wants someone to kiss at midnight.
(d) Because he does not like Christmas.

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

11. What does Harry say to Porter when he finds him?
(a) He asks what happened to Cal Moore.
(b) He asks him why he left the job.
(c) He accuses him of being involved in a conspiracy.
(d) Nothing, Porter is not there.

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

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

14. In Chapter 16, Harry suspects that Lieutenant Pounds is not a true devout Christian. Why does Harry think he pretends?
(a) To cover up his own illegal activities.
(b) To impress Harry.
(c) To hide the fact that he is an atheist.
(d) To impress an assistant police chief who might promote him one day.

15. Why is Teresa angry at Harry in Chapter 14?
(a) She thinks Harry is not doing a good job with the investigation.
(b) Because she wants to date him more seriously.
(c) Because she thinks he does not want her to become the ME.
(d) Because he shared the information she gave him about Cal Moore's autopsy with the press.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harry learns what "black ice" is from Cal Moore. What it?

2. Where does Moore reveal to Harry that he (Moore) is from?

3. Who is Harry's full-time partner?

4. What does Parker Center--the L.A. Police Department's headquarters--symbolize to Harry in Chapter 8?

5. What odd thing does Teresa find in the Juan Doe's ears?

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