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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. What does Harry do to surprise Teresa at his house?
(a) He reveals his love for his cat.
(b) He cooks dinner.
(c) He talks about his mother's death.
(d) He asks Teresa to marry him.

2. What cases does Harry decide to focus on first?
(a) The ones with multiple victims.
(b) The ones involving important people, like the murdered priest.
(c) The ones where children were harmed.
(d) The most recent.

3. The young drug dealer's name is Kerwin. He does not share anything with Harry and Rickard, but Harry decides to let him free. Why?
(a) Because Harry spent time in an orphanage and feels sympathy for him.
(b) Kerwin begs Harry to let him go free and Harry decides to give in.
(c) Harry is touched by Kerwin's story about his sad homelife.
(d) Because Kerwin threatened to hurt Harry if he did get out of jail.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, Harry thinks that Cal Moore answered a question that many people have. What is it?

2. Harry examines Porter's unsolved cases and discovers an odd coincidence. What is it?

3. What favor does Cal Moore ask Porter for?

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

5. What is the atmosphere like in the police station where Harry works?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Harry think that solving homicide cases are the only cases that matter?

2. Describe the work environment in Harry's police station.

3. What does the teenager finally tell Harry about Dance and what does it make Harry decide?

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

5. What is the BANG squad?

6. Why does Harry's possible identification of the Juan Doe in Chapter 13 confirm that the three cases might be related?

7. Why does Harry seem so drawn to the teenager he and Rickard arrested when he goes and talks to him after he returns to visit him in jail?

8. How does the reader know, in Chapter 7, that Harry empathizes with Porter?

9. Why does Harry begin to dislike Rickard after they bust the teenager for possession?

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

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