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

2. Where is Camp Resnick located?
(a) Anaheim, California.
(b) Fullerton, California.
(c) Santa Cruz, California.
(d) Lancaster, California.

3. What judge is described by the author in Part 1, Chapter 2 as having seen “potential” in Carla James, and thus gave her a lesser sentence for theft and assault?
(a) Judge Polinsky.
(b) Judge Sloan.
(c) Judge Dorn.
(d) Judge Stegall.

4. Ronald Duncan was charged with double murder for killing whom, according to the narrator in “Intake”?
(a) His brother and sister.
(b) His employers.
(c) His mother and sister.
(d) His father and brother.

5. Carla James was sentenced to spend how much time at Camp Resnick for theft and assault charges, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 2?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 9 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. The murder case described by the narrator in “Intake” involved a botched robbery at what location?

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

3. How old was Carla James when her father died?

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

5. Ronald Duncan was charged with committing double murder with what weapon?

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