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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. How many juvenile courthouses served Los Angeles County in 1994, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 20.

2. What was the name of Carla James’s parole officer in Part 1, Chapter 2?
(a) Elias Elizondo.
(b) Sharon Stegall.
(c) Edward Humes.
(d) Geri Vance.

3. Where is the Los Angeles Superior Court, Juvenile Court Division located?
(a) Big Bear, California.
(b) Inglewood, California.
(c) Encinitas, California.
(d) Bakersfield, California.

4. What does the narrator in “Intake” describe as “both status symbols and necessary tools of the trade in this information age”?
(a) Cell phones.
(b) Beepers.
(c) Laptops.
(d) GPS units.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. At the terminus of what street does the narrator describe a guard shack overlooking Central lockup’s drive-in entrance in “Intake”?

4. How many kids does the author say were charged as adults for serious crimes because they were over 16 in the past year in Part 1, Chapter 3?

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

(see the answer key)

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