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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 active cases does the author describe within the Los Angeles County juvenile court system in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) 80,000.
(b) 15,000.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 125,000.

2. 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 Dorn.
(b) Judge Stegall.
(c) Judge Sloan.
(d) Judge Polinsky.

3. Who was the new intake case charged with murder associated with a botched robbery in “Intake”?
(a) Peggy Beckstrand.
(b) George Trevino.
(c) Roy Sukoda.
(d) Geri Vance.

4. The estimated street gang force in Los Angeles was estimated at how many in 1994, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) 200,000.
(b) 120,000.
(c) 355,000.
(d) 45,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what night of the week did the author lead a writing class at Central Juvenile Hall?

2. At the terminus of what street does the narrator describe a guard shack overlooking Central lockup’s drive-in entrance in “Intake”?

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

4. What was the name of Carla James’s parole officer in Part 1, Chapter 2?

5. Who is described as wielding “as a kind of pretrial judge, jury, and jailer rolled into one” in “Intake”?

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