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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. What Section of the California Penal Code defines premeditated murder?
(a) Section 45.
(b) Section 112.
(c) Section 187.
(d) Section 242.

2. 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) Anaheim.
(b) Ventura.
(c) Rancho Cordova.
(d) San Diego.

3. According to the author in Part 1, Chapter 3, due to the protections of the Juvenile court, Ronald Duncan would be released by what age?
(a) 18.
(b) 30.
(c) 21.
(d) 25.

4. Judge Dorn gave a public presentation where he suggested bringing back what in Part 1, Chapter 7?
(a) The death penalty.
(b) Chain gangs.
(c) Status offenses.
(d) Labor camps.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What famously televised court case were the students in the writing class watching in Part 1, Chapter 3?

2. What is the name of the boy who is caught in connection with a series of some of the most brutal murders in LA County in Part 3, Chapter 13?

3. When the author talked to Carla James in Part 1, Chapter 7, she claimed that drive-by’s weren’t murder for what reason?

4. What was the name of the boy that testified that Ronald Duncan confessed to the crime in Part 1, Chapter 8?

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

(see the answer key)

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