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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 Peggy Beckstrand go to pick up her star witness in the Ronald Duncan case in Part 1, Chapter 8?
(a) A motel.
(b) The airport.
(c) The bus depot.
(d) The train station.

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) WWII.
(b) The Spanish American War.
(c) WWI.
(d) The Vietnam War.

3. In Elias’s poem from “Intake,” he described turning a Walkman’s motor into what?
(a) A gun.
(b) A taser.
(c) A tattoo machine.
(d) A drill.

4. On what date did the Northridge earthquake (or LA Quake) occur?
(a) March 25, 1989.
(b) January 17, 1994.
(c) October 8, 1980.
(d) July 1, 1975.

5. Ronald Duncan was charged with committing double murder with what weapon?
(a) A rifle.
(b) A handgun.
(c) A shotgun.
(d) A hammer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What famous court case determined that a juvenile must be afforded due process rights, specifically that a waiver of jurisdiction from a juvenile court to a district court must be voluntary and knowing?

2. What is the title of Part 1, Chapter 5?

3. What famously televised court case were the students in the writing class watching in Part 1, Chapter 3?

4. Geri Vance states in the beginning of Part 1, Chapter4, that his parents’ main income was from selling what?

5. At what time did the author describe leaving Juvenile Hall after the writing class in Part 1, Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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