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

2. What were the names of the people that Ronald Duncan was accused of murdering?
(a) Elizabeth and Robert Williams.
(b) Chuck and Adelina Rusitanonta.
(c) George and Sarah Ross.
(d) Jane and Paul Wilson.

3. How old was the schoolgirl that was caught with gang tattoos and distributing fliers for a party in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) 14.
(b) 11.
(c) 15.
(d) 9.

4. What is the title of Part 1, Chapter 3?
(a) “Punks.”
(b) “The Ins.”
(c) “Nine Days to Manhood.”
(d) “The Big Fix.”

5. According to the narrator in “Intake,” the Central lockup facility was “ancient by Los Angeles standards,” meaning that it had been standing since before what?
(a) WWI.
(b) WWII.
(c) The Spanish American War.
(d) The Vietnam War.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the newly appointed Judge Roosevelt Dorn in Part 1, Chapter 1?

2. Ronald Duncan is described as just having come in on what bus in the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 3?

3. Who was the new intake case charged with murder associated with a botched robbery in “Intake”?

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

5. The victims of the murder that Ronald Duncan was tried for owned what franchise?

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