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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. What was John Sloan’s father’s profession?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Banker.
(c) Plumber.
(d) Mason.

2. Carla James was sentenced to spend how much time at Camp Resnick for theft and assault charges, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 2?
(a) 9 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 3 months.

3. What does California Penal Code Section 245 address?
(a) Arson.
(b) Murder.
(c) Assault with a deadly weapon.
(d) Armed burglary.

4. What lockup facility is called the “closest thing to an orphanage in Los Angeles” in Part 1, Chapter 6?
(a) Rogers Hall.
(b) MacLaren Hall.
(c) Jacoby Hall.
(d) Williams Hall.

5. What is the name of the elderly nun that attended to the kids housed in Central Juvenile Hall?
(a) Sister Sarah.
(b) Sister Christina.
(c) Sister Janet.
(d) Sister Emily.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many active cases does the author describe within the Los Angeles County juvenile court system in Part 1, Chapter 1?

2. According to the narrator in “Intake,” the Central lockup facility was “ancient by Los Angeles standards,” meaning that it had been standing since before what?

3. The courtroom described in Part 1, Chapter 1, is what branch of the Lost Angeles Superior Court?

4. According to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1, violent offenses by juveniles had risen how much in the past 5 years?

5. According to the evidence presented in Part 1, Chapter 5, John Sloan met what friend outside the department store where he worked on the day of the crime?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what crime was Carla James charged in Part 1, Chapter 2? How is Carla characterized by the author?

2. How does the author describe George Trevino in Part 1, Chapter 6? How did George become a “300 kid”?

3. What was the judge’s decision regarding George Trevino’s “fitness”? Why did the judge reach this decision?

4. How is Elias Elizondo described? What is revealed in Elias’s poem from “Intake”?

5. What led to Carla James’s apprehension in Part 1, Chapter 7?

6. How were Joseph Gutierrez’s actions perceived by the court in Part 1, Chapter 5?

7. How is Carla James’s family history described in Part 1, Chapter 2? When did Carla’s dad die?

8. What led to Geri Vance’s entrance into “the system” in his youth? How did his prior record affect his chances in court in Part 1, Chapter 4?

9. What was revealed by the star witness for the prosecution in the Ronald Duncan case in Part 1, Chapter 8?

10. What led to Judge Dorn’s “media celebrity” that occurred in Part 1, Chapter 7?

(see the answer keys)

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