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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) 50,000.
(b) 80,000.
(c) 15,000.
(d) 125,000.

2. What title did Peggy Beckstrand hold in 1994, according to the narrative in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) LA County Sheriff.
(b) Editor for the LA Times.
(c) Defense Attorney.
(d) Deputy District Attorney.

3. Where is the Los Angeles Superior Court, Juvenile Court Division located?
(a) Bakersfield, California.
(b) Big Bear, California.
(c) Inglewood, California.
(d) Encinitas, California.

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) 45,000.
(b) 355,000.
(c) 200,000.
(d) 120,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The courtroom described in Part 1, Chapter 1, is what branch of the Lost Angeles Superior Court?

3. What does “ACLU” stand for?

4. 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?

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

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