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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the author describe Peggy Beckstrand keeping the crime scene photos from the Ronald Duncan trial in Part 1, Chapter 8?
(a) Her jewelry box.
(b) Her bedroom wall.
(c) Her desk drawer.
(d) Her living room table.

2. Where was Luis Santos taken when he was taken from Juvenile Hall in Part 1, Chapter 5?
(a) The Los Angeles Halfway House.
(b) The hospital.
(c) His mother's house.
(d) Los Angeles County Jail.

3. By what percentage did juvenile murder rates rise from the 1970s to 1994, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) 125%.
(b) 175%.
(c) 55%.
(d) 80%.

4. When the author talked to Carla James in Part 1, Chapter 7, she claimed that drive-by’s weren’t murder for what reason?
(a) No one in the car is screaming.
(b) You don't see what happens.
(c) The victims shouldn't be there.
(d) You only shoot at buildings.

5. What were the names of the people that Ronald Duncan was accused of murdering?
(a) Jane and Paul Wilson.
(b) Chuck and Adelina Rusitanonta.
(c) Elizabeth and Robert Williams.
(d) George and Sarah Ross.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term is used in the book for criminal offenses that apply to juveniles but not to adults?

2. What word did Luis Santos use to mean “busted” in Part 1, Chapter 5?

3. Ronald Duncan’s crime was committed how long before he would have been able to be tried as an adult?

4. What does the narrator in “Intake” describe as “both status symbols and necessary tools of the trade in this information age”?

5. The author relates that Luis Santos had been a gang member since what age in Part 1, Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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