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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many intake cases are described as having been processed in a little over four hours in “Intake”?
(a) 27.
(b) 15.
(c) 8.
(d) 3.

2. At the terminus of what street does the narrator describe a guard shack overlooking Central lockup’s drive-in entrance in “Intake”?
(a) Atlas Street.
(b) Alcazar Street.
(c) Alcatraz Street.
(d) Alpine Street.

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

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

5. How old was Carla James when her father died?
(a) 4.
(b) 7.
(c) 12.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does HRO stand for in the narrative?

2. What title did Peggy Beckstrand hold in 1994, according to the narrative in Part 1, Chapter 1?

3. Where is the Los Angeles Superior Court, Juvenile Court Division located?

4. In Elias’s poem from “Intake,” he described turning a Walkman’s motor into what?

5. The billboard overlooking the street to the Central lockup facility is described by the narrator in “Intake” as showcasing a man wearing what?

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