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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. Who won the bureaucratic paper battle in Part 3, Chapter 14?
(a) The public defender's office.
(b) Judge Sherill Luke.
(c) Judge Roosevelt Dorn.
(d) The district attorney's office.

2. Who is described in Part 3, Chapter 15 as coming from a good home but stabbed a gas station worker while he was high on primo?
(a) Mark Lancaster.
(b) Peter Garcia.
(c) Mitch Williams.
(d) Gil Garcetti.

3. Whose case was Sister Janet trying to reopen in Part 4, Chapter 18, according to the author?
(a) Johnathan Ramirez’s.
(b) Michael Jeans's.
(c) Elias Elizondo’s.
(d) Eduardo Diaz's.

4. Sister Janet pleaded against the mother of what victim in order to have Elias tried as a juvenile in Part 2, Chapter 10?
(a) Geri Vance.
(b) College Mansbridge.
(c) Elias Elizondo.
(d) Rita Gonzales.

5. According to the author in Part 4, Chapter 18, who won passage of his proposal for a law that created a statewide task force to reinvent the Juvenile Court in California?
(a) Ronald Duncan.
(b) Gil Garcetti.
(c) Bill Clinton.
(d) Buddy Rogers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Part 2, Chapter 9?

2. At what age was Geri Vance described as a pretty conscienceless and chilling kid in Part 3, Chapter 16?

3. Carla James was sent to what facility, where she would spend most of her time in group therapy, in Part 2, Chapter 11?

4. According to the author in Part 3, Chapter 16, when kids are arrested for violent crimes they what percentage chance of paying serious consequences?

5. What was the nickname of Sherry Gold’s client that had been caught as a getaway driver in a drive-by shooting in Part 3, Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. What changed the victims’ family’s perception of the District Attorney’s case against Roland Duncan in Part 3, Chapter 13?

2. What argument did Jim Hickey make at a meeting to discuss juvenile justice reform in Part 2, Chapter 9?

3. How was Ronald Duncan’s testimony described by the author in Part 3, Chapter 13?

4. Who was arrested for the brutal murders in Inglewood in Part 3, Chapter 13? How was this suspect apprehended?

5. How was Geri Vance’s court case described in Part 3, Chapter 16? What was the outcome?

6. What program helped to rehabilitate Andre, according to the author in Part 2, Chapter 9?

7. What did Elias do in order to be sent to “adult prison” in Part 2, Chapter 11? Why?

8. How is Mark Lancaster’s background described in Part 3, Chapter 15? What was Mark charged with?

9. What outcome does the author describe for Elias Elizondo, Geri Vance, and John Sloan in Part 4, Chapter 18?

10. How does the author describe Sherry Gold when introducing her in Part 3, Chapter 15?

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