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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. What did Peggy Beckstrand discover about her star witness in the Ronald Duncan case in Part 1, Chapter 8?
(a) He was a felon.
(b) He was not at the scene.
(c) He was in prison.
(d) He was an accomplice.

2. Roy Sukoda was attempting to figure out a profile for what in Part 2, Chapter 9?
(a) The “16 percenter.”
(b) The “35 percenter.”
(c) The “24 percenter.”
(d) The “9 percenter.”

3. What branch of the LA Juvenile Court is described as different and less scary in Part 2, Chapter 9?
(a) The Rosa Parks Branch.
(b) The Thurgood Marshall Branch.
(c) The El Gigante Branch.
(d) The Los Padrinos Branch.

4. When did the Los Angeles Riots break out?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1987.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1992.

5. Who won the bureaucratic paper battle in Part 3, Chapter 14?
(a) The district attorney's office.
(b) Judge Sherill Luke.
(c) Judge Roosevelt Dorn.
(d) The public defender's office.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the nickname of Sherry Gold’s client that had been caught as a getaway driver in a drive-by shooting in Part 3, Chapter 15?

2. Andre is described as a gang kid who was reformed by helping a mentally handicapped kid at what school in Part 2, Chapter 9?

3. How many juvenile courthouses served Los Angeles County in 1994, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1?

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

5. In Part 3, Chapter 14, the DA went after what judge (aside from Judge Dorn)?

(see the answer key)

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