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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The murdered man that Harry called "Juan Doe" is really named Fernal Guitierrez-Llosa. What does Harry learn that Guitierrez-Llosa did for a living?

2. In Chapter 10, Bosch makes a mysterious phone call and reveals what he just learned about the autopsy results. Who is it most likely that he calls?

3. What advice does Moore ask Bosch for before his death?

4. There is a mystery revealed about Harry's Lieutenant Pounds in Chapter 16. He often has white powder residue on his pants. What is it from?

5. In Chapter 16, why does Harry think Lieutenant Pounds wants him to avoid connecting the death of Kapps and Guitierrez-Llosa with Cal Moore?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the BANG squad?

3. Why do the police believe Moore killed himself?

4. In Chapters 9 and 10, what is bothering Teresa?

5. Why does Bosch act so upset in the first chapter?

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

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. What is black ice?

9. Why does Moore's life begin disintegrating, according to his wife?

10. Give at least two reasons that foreshadow the fact that Harry will go to Mexico.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This novel is representative of a genre of literature that shares certain conventions. Identify at least 4 mystery genre conventions and describe the ways in which this text does or does not conform to these conventions. Be sure to use explicit textual evidence to support your claims and definitions.

Essay Topic 2

Tunnels and a castle play important plot roles in this story, but also serve a symbolic function. In a detailed analysis, describe how the reader encounters each symbol, what the symbols mean, if they change in meaning as the plot progresses, and what each has to do with the character of Cal Moore.

Essay Topic 3

Write an analytical essay that defines the way you understand the terms "fictional double" or "Doppelganger" as ways of reading a novel. In addition, offer specific examples from this text to which these terms are relevant. Questions to consider are: Does this text have a literal double or a figurative one (or both)? What does each "twin" figure represent? What roles does this doubling play in the text?

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