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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 11 and 12.

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

2. Under what alias was Carla James living when she was found by police patrols in Part 1, Chapter 7?
(a) Sylvia Mercado.
(b) Michelle Williams.
(c) Geri Vance.
(d) Sarah Rogers.

3. How old was the newly appointed Judge Roosevelt Dorn in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) 39.
(b) 32.
(c) 46.
(d) 57.

4. 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 Dorn.
(c) Judge Sloan.
(d) Judge Polinsky.

5. Judge Dorn gave a public presentation where he suggested bringing back what in Part 1, Chapter 7?
(a) Labor camps.
(b) The death penalty.
(c) Chain gangs.
(d) Status offenses.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The murder case described by the narrator in “Intake” involved a botched robbery at what location?

3. According to Luis Santos’s story in Part 1, Chapter 5, who collected Luis to go on a robbery?

4. What was John Sloan’s father’s profession?

5. Judge Roosevelt Dorn opened his courtroom punctually at what time each day, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 4?

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