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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 13 and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Judge Dorn worked his way through law school working as what, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 4?
(a) A cook.
(b) A banker.
(c) A piano teacher.
(d) A courtroom bailiff.

2. Geri Vance states in the beginning of Part 1, Chapter4, that his parents’ main income was from selling what?
(a) Opium.
(b) Cocain.
(c) Heroin.
(d) Marijuana.

3. Judge Scarlett expressed a radical view that the court should do what in Part 3, Chapter 13?
(a) Charge all juveniles as adults.
(b) Enact the death penalty for juveniles.
(c) Removes all juvenile status offenses.
(d) Remove children from dysfunctional homes.

4. The boy who was apprehended in association with a series of some of the most brutal murders in LA County claimed that his family was where when the crimes were
(a) Rancho Cordova.
(b) San Diego.
(c) Anaheim.
(d) Ventura.

5. What element of an adult courtroom is missing in the juvenile court system?
(a) A jury.
(b) A judge.
(c) Lawyers.
(d) Bailiffs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused Chuck and Ada’s family to become much less happy with Peggy Beckstrand’s work on the Ronald Duncan trial in Part 3, Chapter 13?

2. How did Peggy Beckstrand feel about her job in Part 1, Chapter 8?

3. Who won the bureaucratic paper battle in Part 3, Chapter 14?

4. Where does Geri Vance hide his ongoing autobiography so that it won’t be confiscated at night, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 4?

5. How old was Ronald Duncan when he allegedly committed double homicide?

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