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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 Cal Moore offer Harry to prevent him from arresting him?

2. What does Captain Grena say he did to help Harry save time?

3. Why does Harry shoot and kill Cal Moore?

4. How did Moore get Zorrillo's prints to plant at the crime scene?

5. What are DEA agents planning to do to Zorrillo's ranch?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of evidence does Harry collect at Juan Doe's apartment and how does he do it?

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

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

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

5. What does Calexico look like, according to the narrator?

6. How was Mexicali founded?

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

8. What does the EnviroBreed building look like?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Every novel takes place somewhere, and the strongest novels have settings that thematically resonate with the other fictional elements, including plot, character, language, etc. Choose at least one of the settings (geographical, physical, chronological, etc.) and write an analysis that 1) examines the setting in terms of both form and 2) in content, and 3) determines how the setting in question affected other fictional elements.

Essay Topic 2

How does Harry Bosch solve this mystery? Write an essay that describes the key clues to this mystery and how Harry puts them all together. Please offer at least one example from the beginning or middle of the book, although it is appropriate to focus on the last parts of the book.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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