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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Peggy Beckstrand discover about her star witness in the Ronald Duncan case in Part 1, Chapter 8?
(a) He was in prison.
(b) He was an accomplice.
(c) He was a felon.
(d) He was not at the scene.

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) 2 years.
(b) 9 months.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 3 months.

3. Ronald Duncan is described as just having come in on what bus in the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 3?
(a) The 8 p.m. bus.
(b) The 4:30 p.m. bus.
(c) The 9:30 a.m. bus.
(d) The 11 a.m. bus.

4. What attorney at a meeting about reforming the juvenile justice system argued that the office should address root problems in Part 2, Chapter 9?
(a) Bill Mathews.
(b) Jim Hickey.
(c) William Jackson.
(d) Arthur Kincaid.

5. According to the author in Part 1, Chapter 2, Carla James began lying to her parents at what age?
(a) 7.
(b) 9.
(c) 16.
(d) 13.

Short Answer Questions

1. Carla James was “jumped in” with what street gang, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 2?

2. By what percentage did juvenile murder rates rise from the 1970s to 1994, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. How many juvenile courthouses served Los Angeles County in 1994, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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