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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) 20.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

2. What term is used in the book for criminal offenses that apply to juveniles but not to adults?
(a) Minor offenses.
(b) Status offenses.
(c) Petty offenses.
(d) Child offenses.

3. What is the name of the elderly nun that attended to the kids housed in Central Juvenile Hall?
(a) Sister Janet.
(b) Sister Christina.
(c) Sister Sarah.
(d) Sister Emily.

4. Carla James was “jumped in” with what street gang, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 2?
(a) Venice 13.
(b) Tepa 13.
(c) Hoover Crips.
(d) Inglewood Crips.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Prologue of the book gives a setting of Gila County, Arizona, on what date?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. The courtroom described in Part 1, Chapter 1, is what branch of the Lost Angeles Superior Court?

5. What does HRO stand for in the narrative?

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