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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What about Harry's drive to Calexico in Chapter 19 is pleasing to Harry?
(a) Harry uses long drives to catch up with friends on his cell phone.
(b) Harry loves cars.
(c) Harry loves to listen to the radio.
(d) Harry thinks that he does some of his best driving while driving alone.

2. Cal Moore's wife, Sylvia, ends up coming to Moore's apartment while Harry is there. What does she tell Harry that Cal's tattoo meant?
(a) Moore got it in a prisoner of war camp.
(b) It's the name of Cal Moore's village, Saints and Sinners.
(c) It's a traditional tattoo to have when your first child is born.
(d) It is a symbol everyone in his class at the Academy got tattooed.

3. Who dumped Guitierrez-Llosa's body in the alley?
(a) The young drug dealer.
(b) Cal Moore.
(c) Apris.
(d) Zorrillo.

4. When does Harry tell Teresa he will see her next?
(a) In Assistant Chief Irving's office.
(b) At the funeral of the man who is supposed to be Cal Moore.
(c) At the diner on Melrose.
(d) At the morgue.

5. What else does Teresa tell Harry, on a more personal note, on the phone in Chapter 23?
(a) Teresa tells Harry she wants to break off their engagement.
(b) Teresa breaks off her relationship with Harry.
(c) Teresa tells Harry she is pregnant.
(d) Teresa tells Harry she wants him to move in with her.

6. In Chapter 24, Harry attempts to get in to EnviroBreed. How does he overcome their security measures?
(a) He tunnels in.
(b) He drugs the attack dogs.
(c) He bribes his way past.
(d) He hacks the security system.

7. Why did Cal Moore leave the file for Harry that got him started thinking Moore had been murdered?
(a) He wanted Harry to catch him and put him in jail.
(b) Leaving the file was Moore's back-up plan.
(c) It was meant for Zorrillo.
(d) He forgot it.

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

9. After Harry's accusation in Chapter 22, what does Ely threaten to do?
(a) Contact the local police, Mexican authorities, and the LAPD.
(b) Contact the embassy.
(c) Contact the mafia.
(d) Contact Zorrillo.

10. Assistant Chief Irving is upset that the department might be burying a drug dealer instead of Cal Moore. How does Harry calm him down?
(a) He distracts him by threatening his life.
(b) He tells Irving that Moore is also dead.
(c) He lies to Irving and tells him there is no real reason for concern.
(d) He offers him a mood-stabilizing pill.

11. Harry does not want anyone to know he came to Calexico. How does he hide this?
(a) He waits in the parking lot of the motel until it's safe.
(b) He never checks in to the hotel.
(c) He takes the backroads.
(d) He bribes the hotel desk clerk not to tell anyone he was there.

12. When Harry calls L.A., he finds out that Lucius Porter had been found murdered. How was he killed?
(a) He was strangled.
(b) He was shot.
(c) He was stoned.
(d) He was pushed off a cliff.

13. What kind of unique door handle does Code 7 have?
(a) A chain.
(b) A snake.
(c) A Billy club.
(d) A hose.

14. How does the fact that Cal Moore faked his own death help Teresa Corazon to be appointed as the Chief Medical Examiner?
(a) Cal Moore is able to make a call for Teresa.
(b) She tells Assistant Chief Irving of the error. In exchange for her silence, he makes sure she is appointed.
(c) Teresa is able to publicly solve the mystery and get praised for it.
(d) Assistant Chief Irving is scared of ghosts.

15. In Chapter 21, what important proof does Harry find in Guitierrez-Llosa's shack to confirm his theory about the Juan Doe murder?
(a) Proof that Guitierrez-Llosa worked for EnviroBreed.
(b) Proof that Lucius Porter was related to Guitierrez-Llosa.
(c) Proof that Zorrillo killed Guitierrez-Llosa.
(d) Proof that Cal Moore was a drug dealer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harry finds a dress police uniform in Cal Moore's closet. Why does he think that's a bad omen?

2. Why is it a problem that Harry brought Aguila with him to meet Ramos in Chapter 28?

3. Harry calls his bosses from Mexicali. What does Chief Irving threaten Harry with if he does not return to L.A.?

4. In Chapter 27, what does Harry bring with him to the bullfight?

5. Why does Harry think that Corvo--the DEA agent from L.A.--is acting so lively in Chapter 28?

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