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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. The head of EnviroBreed reveals his name to be Charles Ely. He tells Harry that he cannot look around the facility. Why?
(a) EnviroBreed is considered dangerous because of the radiation.
(b) Because there is a killer on the loose.
(c) He says that Harry needs a warrant.
(d) He says that he does not like Harry or any cops.

2. Why does Harry find the symbolism behind Cal Moore's tattoo meaningful?
(a) Cal Moore used to be a Catholic priest.
(b) Harry thinks it helps explain why Cal divorced his wife.
(c) It represents the relationship betwen police and criminals.
(d) He thinks it helps to explain Moore's suicide note.

3. Why is Harry nervous about what Cal Moore confesses to him?
(a) Because cops know not to admit to committing a crime.
(b) He does not have a tape recorder.
(c) Because he thinks there might be an accomplice.
(d) He's worried that Moore is setting him up.

4. When Cal Moore and Harry finally meet face-to-face in Chapter 32, Moore is not surprised. Why?
(a) Jerry Edgar had called him to warn him.
(b) He thought Harry would come for him.
(c) He'd run a wiretap on Harry's cell and knew he was coming.
(d) He saw Harry coming through the window.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Gana, Dance, and Arpis were all found dead during the DEA raid. Who does Harry discover killed them in Chapter 32?

2. Why do Harry and Aguila go to the airport in Chapter 28?

3. In Chapter 20, how is Calexico "like most border towns"?

4. Ramos is the DEA operative Corvo set Harry up with in Mexico. Why does he come to Mexicali to visit Harry?

5. In Chapter 26, Harry visits Calexico's historical society. He tells the worker there that he is helping a friend with his family tree. Why is he really there?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the terrible thing that Cecil did to Moore as a boy?

2. What does Harry tell the man at the historical society and what is Harry really doing there?

3. What did the bullfighter, Silvestri, look like when he entered the arena?

4. What does Moore look like, when Harry finds him standing in the mirror?

5. Why did many day laborers at the circle refuse to work at EnviroBreed?

6. How does Harry bypass the security in Cal Moore's building in Chapter 18?

7. Whom does Harry Bosch identify in the old photographs and how?

8. How did Aguila decide to report the missing person who ended up Juan Doe, when Mexico does not even have a missing persons bureau?

9. How did Moore switch his own fingerprints?

10. How and where does Harry find the histories of Calexico?

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