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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 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 Polinsky.
(c) Judge Sloan.
(d) Judge Stegall.

2. 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) 9 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 1 year.

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

4. On what night of the week did the author lead a writing class at Central Juvenile Hall?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Monday.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By what percentage did juvenile murder rates rise from the 1970s to 1994, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1?

2. The Prologue of the book gives a setting of Gila County, Arizona, on what date?

3. According to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1, violent offenses by juveniles had risen how much in the past 5 years?

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

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

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