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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 15 through 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 3, Chapter 14, the DA’s office went after a judge in Pasadena, temporarily bringing down LA County Juvenile Hall’s capacity by how much?
(a) 35%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 10%.

2. In Elias’s poem from “Intake,” he described turning a Walkman’s motor into what?
(a) A drill.
(b) A gun.
(c) A taser.
(d) A tattoo machine.

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. What was John Sloan’s father’s profession?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Banker.
(c) Mason.
(d) Plumber.

5. Sister Janet pleaded against the mother of what victim in order to have Elias tried as a juvenile in Part 2, Chapter 10?
(a) Geri Vance.
(b) Elias Elizondo.
(c) College Mansbridge.
(d) Rita Gonzales.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Peggy Beckstrand discover about her star witness in the Ronald Duncan case in Part 1, Chapter 8?

2. What word did Luis Santos use to mean “busted” in Part 1, Chapter 5?

3. According to the author in Part 2, Chapter 10, Sister Janet was able to draw attention to her cases with the help of what football star?

4. What did Ronald Duncan’s lawyer claim about his taped confession in the trial?

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

(see the answer key)

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