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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 juvenile courthouses served Los Angeles County in 1994, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) 10.
(b) 3.
(c) 20.
(d) 5.

2. According to the narrator in “Intake,” the Central lockup facility was “ancient by Los Angeles standards,” meaning that it had been standing since before what?
(a) WWI.
(b) WWII.
(c) The Spanish American War.
(d) The Vietnam War.

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

4. How many kids does the narrator claim are warehoused at Central Juvenile Hall in “Intake”?
(a) 1,600.
(b) 1.200.
(c) 850.
(d) 650.

5. What does HRO stand for in the narrative?
(a) Hostile Risk Operation.
(b) Honored Response Officer.
(c) Humane Response Officer.
(d) High Risk Offender.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Part 1, Chapter 2, Carla James began lying to her parents at what age?

2. How many intake cases are described as having been processed in a little over four hours in “Intake”?

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

4. How old was the newly appointed Judge Roosevelt Dorn in Part 1, Chapter 1?

5. Carla James was “jumped in” with what street gang, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 2?

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