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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. Pounds asks Harry to visit his office for a reason in Chapter 5. What is it?
2. Why does Harry think homicides more difficult to solve in Hollywood?
3. What does Harry do for Kerwin in Chapter 15?
4. What do Harry and Richard learn from the kid they meet on the street?
5. Harry's meeting with Teresa Corazon is intended to give him more information about the Juan Doe who was found dead in the alley behind the diner. What does Harry find out?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the previous interactions between Cal Moore and Harry Bosch and the extent to which they knew each other before Moore's suicide.
2. What does Harry learn from the crime scene technician in Chapter 8?
3. What does Harry learn about the way sterilized fruit flies are shipped to the United States from Mexico?
4. What does Harry learn in Chapter 12 about why Porter did not come clean with what he knew about Juan Doe?
5. What does the teenager finally tell Harry about Dance and what does it make Harry decide?
6. What does Harry's boss tell him at the beginning of Chapter 5, and what is Harry's response?
7. Why does Bosch act so upset in the first chapter?
8. 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?
9. How does Harry think Juan Doe's body, killed in Mexicali, made it to Los Angeles?
10. What probably happened to Porter after Harry lost him in the coffee shop?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
The protagonist and author of this book are male, and there are many men and women readers both who are fans of this genre. Write an essay that 1) identifies and defines the masculine images in this book, 2) critiques them by determining how they are structured by the novelist, and 3) determines the extent to which this image affects the commercial success or critical reception of this book.
Essay Topic 3
A satisfying mystery must keep tension up to draw interest, but also withhold information from the reader in order to make the mystery "pay off." One primary way a mystery author can achieve this balance is through clues released along the way. Write an essay that explains and interrogates at least three key clues Michael Connelly's character uses to solve the mystery. Questions to consider include: how does Harry find the clue? What mental leap must he make to put it together with other information? How satisfying is it for the reader? Is the pay off of the solve great enough to justify these clues?
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