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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word did Luis Santos use to mean “busted” in Part 1, Chapter 5?
(a) Calypso.
(b) Caliente.
(c) Torcido.
(d) Tugenado.

2. At the terminus of what street does the narrator describe a guard shack overlooking Central lockup’s drive-in entrance in “Intake”?
(a) Atlas Street.
(b) Alcatraz Street.
(c) Alpine Street.
(d) Alcazar Street.

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

4. What element of an adult courtroom is missing in the juvenile court system?
(a) A judge.
(b) Lawyers.
(c) A jury.
(d) Bailiffs.

5. According to the author in Part 1, Chapter 3, due to the protections of the Juvenile court, Ronald Duncan would be released by what age?
(a) 30.
(b) 18.
(c) 21.
(d) 25.

Short Answer Questions

1. George Trevino is described by the author as a foster kid or what, in Part 1, Chapter 6?

2. The estimated street gang force in Los Angeles was estimated at how many in 1994, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1?

3. 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?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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