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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. Upon arriving in Mexico and checking into his hotel, Harry finds that he already has phone messages. Who are they from?
(a) Lt. Pounds and Assistant Chief Irving.
(b) Zorrillo.
(c) Teresa Corazon.
(d) Cal Moore.

2. In Chapter 22, Harry asks why Agulia bothered to send a message to the US Consul notifying them that Guitierrez-Llosa was missing. What does Agulia say?
(a) Aguila says he thought that Guitierrez-Llosa was a part of the mafia.
(b) Because Guitierrez-Llosa worked for EnviroBreed.
(c) Guitierrez-Llosa's wife convinced him that something was wrong.
(d) Cal Moore asked Aguila to.

3. Moore thinks that no one in the LAPD will want to know the truth about how he staged his own death. Why?
(a) Because it will make the department look bad.
(b) Because everyone in the LAPD is corrupt.
(c) Because no one would believe a cop could do anything bad.
(d) Because he is so good at keeping it a secret.

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

5. What does Harry spend most of his time thinking about on his drive to Calexico?
(a) How he wants to date Teresa.
(b) How he found out who his real father was.
(c) How he felt about killing a man.
(d) How he wants to have a child.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who pays Harry an unexpected visit at the bullfight?

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

3. Why does Harry feel guilty when speaking to Aguila in Chapter 21?

4. How does the fact that Cal Moore faked his own death help Teresa Corazon to be appointed as the Chief Medical Examiner?

5. Who does Harry tell Ely that he thinks is the real owner of EnviroBreed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 21, Harry insists on taking the Caprice. Why is he so intent on driving that car?

3. How was Mexicali founded?

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

5. How does Harry explain the fact that the suicide body had the same tattoo as Moore?

6. What is Corvo's most notable facial feature?

7. What is the atmosphere of the bar like when Harry meets DEA agent Corvo in Chapter 17?

8. How did Moore switch his own fingerprints?

9. Why, when people are killed accidentally at EnviroBreed, does Harry suspect they are shipped across the border illegally?

10. What does Harry find out when he calls Hollywood, to the police, from Calexico?

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