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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. What does Harry think makes a case more difficult to solve?

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

3. Harry Bosch enters the crime scene with a handkerchief over his mouth. Why?

4. Why does Harry think homicides more difficult to solve in Hollywood?

5. After Moore dies, what task does Bosch agree to help with in his murder investigation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Harry learn from the crime scene technician in Chapter 8?

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

3. What is the evidence that Teresa uncovered having to do with brain tissue and what does it mean?

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

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

6. Why does the kid think that Harry must be being nice to him? Is he correct?

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

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

9. What does Harry's boss tell him at the beginning of Chapter 5, and what is Harry's response?

10. What was unusual about the fruit flies found in the autopsy, according to Teresa Corazon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sometimes a particular object or character can function as both a symbol and a setting. Using explicit examples from one or both of these settings, describe how Los Angeles functions as a setting on several levels. Questions to consider are: what characterizes the description of Los Angeles in this text stylistically? What connections or associations do readers bring about Los Angeles that enhance this narrative? What role does it play thematically or in terms of genre?

Essay Topic 2

This novel is a contemporary mystery that uses the trade of illegal drugs as both setting and plot. In an analytical essay, offer an explanation and analysis of how the drug trade functions 1) as setting and 2) as the source of the plot. Be sure to use specific examples from the text that richly illustrate the claims you make. In addition, you may also consider what you learned about the drug trade during our class discussion on it.

Essay Topic 3

Considering Anzaldua's way of reading the border and the theory of contact zones, write an essay that explains these two terms. Drawing on the roles--as setting, as symbol, as plot device, as mood--the borderline plays in this novel, offer a detailed, text-based analysis of this way of reading. You should pick at least 5 fictional elements to describe, using textual examples.

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