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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 3 and 4.

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 banker.
(b) A courtroom bailiff.
(c) A cook.
(d) A piano teacher.

2. The estimated street gang force in Los Angeles was estimated at how many in 1994, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) 120,000.
(b) 45,000.
(c) 355,000.
(d) 200,000.

3. Judge Roosevelt Dorn opened his courtroom punctually at what time each day, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 4?
(a) 7:00 a.m.
(b) 8:30 a.m.
(c) 6:00 a.m.
(d) 10:30 a.m.

4. 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) 1 year.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 9 months.
(d) 3 months.

5. How old was the newly appointed Judge Roosevelt Dorn in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) 39.
(b) 46.
(c) 57.
(d) 32.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the elderly nun that attended to the kids housed in Central Juvenile Hall?

2. What was John Sloan charged with in Part 1, Chapter 3?

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

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

5. What judge is described by the author in Part 1, Chapter 2 as having seen “potential” in Carla James, and thus gave her a lesser sentence for theft and assault?

(see the answer key)

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