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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

4. What does Harry think makes a case more difficult to solve?
(a) Multiple suspects.
(b) The passage of time.
(c) Unclear motive.
(d) Female victims.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Teresa feel compelled to say that the reason for Cal Moore's death was inconclusive?

2. On his way to meet Teresa Corazon, Harry stops to look at himself in a mirror. What does he see?

3. During his conversation in Chapter 5 with Pounds, Harry takes his "full measure." What is it that he realizes?

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

5. Why do Harry and Rickard threaten to arrest a kid they meet on the street?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the police believe Moore killed himself?

2. According to Harry, why are homicides in Hollywood more difficult to solve than elsewhere?

3. Describe the previous interactions between Cal Moore and Harry Bosch and the extent to which they knew each other before Moore's suicide.

4. Why does the kid think that Harry must be being nice to him? Is he correct?

5. Why does Harry have to sweet talk the crime scene technician who processed the Moore case in Chapter 8?

6. Why does Harry begin to think that Moore was a bad cop?

7. How does Harry think Juan Doe's body, killed in Mexicali, made it to Los Angeles?

8. What is the real reason why Harry Bosch finds Hollywood depressing?

9. What does Harry learn about the way sterilized fruit flies are shipped to the United States from Mexico?

10. What does Harry learn in Chapter 12 about why Porter did not come clean with what he knew about Juan Doe?

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